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If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.