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Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
All those must such delights expect to share,
Who for their friend think fit to take a bear.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.