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When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;
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When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;
When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
Untimely storms makes men expect a dearth.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.