Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]

He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

A white wall is the paper of a foole.

A white wall is the paper of a foole.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.