Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

Every great house is full of saucy servants.

Every great house is full of saucy servants.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.