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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Consider the end.
Consider the end.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
Idle men are the devil's playfellows.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
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.