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Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Sit in your place and none can make you rise.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
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Poor and content is rich, and rich enough;
But riches fineless is as poor as winter
To him that ever fears he shall be poor.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
Be cheerful, if you are wise.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.