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The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks;
When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.
