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You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath little is the lesse durtie.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.
You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in
it.