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The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.