One picture is worth ten thousand words.

One picture is worth ten thousand words.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

There was not a greater gourmand living.

At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.

Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Sweet is pleasure after pain.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

Great things rush to the destruction of each other.

Great things rush to the destruction of each other.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.