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The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a read more
To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in
a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]
Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.