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Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]