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If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
I am undone! I have smashed the waggon. [I have ruined all.]
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
