To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]

There is no body will go to hell for company.

There is no body will go to hell for company.

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

Physician, heal thyself.

Physician, heal thyself.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Neither bribe nor loose thy right.

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).

Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).

The scalded head feares cold water.

The scalded head feares cold water.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.