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Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
Into a mouth shut flies flie not.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow read more
Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.
States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.