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Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.