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Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.