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No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
