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As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.