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If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
No lock will hold against the power of gold.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
