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Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
He will burne his house, to warme his hands.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
