Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.

The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Hier lies that should fetch a perfect woman over the coles.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.