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Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
If you have a sword, we have a toasting-fork at home.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.