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Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.