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.

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.

The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more

The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

In doubtful matters boldness is everything.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

Good Americans when they die go to Paris.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.

Take heede of the viniger of sweet wine.