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The best mirrour is an old friend.
The best mirrour is an old friend.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Unsound minds like unsound Bodies, if you feed, you poyson.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.