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Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Aske much to have a little.
Aske much to have a little.
