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Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He never sought to stem the current. [Of a statesman who
accommodates his views to public opinion.]
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
