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The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? read more
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
