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Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did read more
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did him know.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
