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It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,
Weary of all shall want some.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
