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Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
