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Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
