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He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.