A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.

Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.

Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.

Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.

A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.

A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

A fault is fostered by concealment.