It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more

It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.

Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

A name, it has more than nominal worth,
And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all read more

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more

Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).