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A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
He that sends a foole expects one.
He that sends a foole expects one.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.