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Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.