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If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
