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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
He who excuses himself, accuses himself.
[Fr., Qui s'excuse, s'accuse.]
The more they drink the more they thirst.
The more they drink the more they thirst.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.