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As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the
aged.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.