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Make three bites of a cherry.
Make three bites of a cherry.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Live for today for tomorrow never comes.
Much matter decocted into few words.
Much matter decocted into few words.
If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.