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He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
