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Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.