Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]

Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

By many indignities we come to dignities.

By many indignities we come to dignities.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.

While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.

While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.