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Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had
cast himself from a precipice.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
Great men have reaching hands.
Great men have reaching hands.