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Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
In the kingdome of a cheater the wallet is carried before.
In the kingdome of a cheater the wallet is carried before.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
It is not every man that can afford to go to Corinth.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.