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A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
A man should be religious, not superstitious.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.