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A true friend is tested in adversity.
A true friend is tested in adversity.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Where there are many counsellors there is safety.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.