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He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The way of transgressors is hard.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]