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A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
