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All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
