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To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
