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Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.