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Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.