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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.