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A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.