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Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
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.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.