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Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.