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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.