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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.