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Hee that is a master must serve (another).
Hee that is a master must serve (another).
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the
fowler he is.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.