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The soule needs few things, the body many.
The soule needs few things, the body many.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.
Every great house is full of saucy servants.