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The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]