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Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
He that sends a foole expects one.
He that sends a foole expects one.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Folly growes without watering.
Folly growes without watering.
