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Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Too much taking heede is losse.
Too much taking heede is losse.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our read more
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.