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Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
In every countrey the sun rises in the morning.
[In every country the sun rises in the morning.]
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.