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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]
Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to
discompose their curls. Dandies.]