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Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.
He that gives all before hee dies provides to suffer.