The Smith and his penny both are black.

The Smith and his penny both are black.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

Gamsters and race-horses never last long.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]

The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.

The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.

Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.

Then westward ho!
Grace and good disposition attend your ladyship.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.

You walk over red-hot lava hidden beneath treacherous ashes.