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The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.