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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
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.]
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
We know this to be all nonsense.
We know this to be all nonsense.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.