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If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.