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A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.