A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.

There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.

The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.