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A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.