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Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He that will be served must bee patient.
He that will be served must bee patient.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]