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The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
