Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more

The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

Ready mony is a ready Medicine.

Ready mony is a ready Medicine.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.