Fair words butter no parsnips.

Fair words butter no parsnips.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.

It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.

It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.

There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.

There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.

Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form read more

Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or
something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every
Englishman's education.

If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.

If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?