You cannot flea a stone.

You cannot flea a stone.

Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more

Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.

Jest not in earnest.

Jest not in earnest.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.

Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Idleness ruins the constitution.

Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.

Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.