A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.

Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.

He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.

He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

There is no such thing as perfect happiness.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.

Better buy than borrow.

Better buy than borrow.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.

Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.