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Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
There is a remedy for every thing, could men find it.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.