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Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Beauty drawes more then oxen.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
He is the least in want who is the least covetous.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
