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Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
Two other tender drops, which ready stood,
Each in their crystal sluice.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
A gift in time of need is most acceptable.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.
Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
