Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

A jade eates as much as a good horse.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

The cholerick man never wants woe.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

In sports and journeys men are knowne.

In sports and journeys men are knowne.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.