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Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
Take all the swift advantage of the hours.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
