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A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
A bellowing cow soon forgets her calf.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
