At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.

They that are booted are not alwaies ready.

They that are booted are not alwaies ready.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Let the cobbler stick to his last.

He carries well, to whom it waighes not.

He carries well, to whom it waighes not.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]

The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]