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Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
