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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.