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Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.