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O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right read more
There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits
beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]