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There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.