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Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
Give time and permit a short delay, impetuosity ruins everything.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.