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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the
guilt of the act.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the
matter.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.