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Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
That is gold which is worth gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
The best remedy against an ill man is much ground betweene both.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
