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One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Ants will not go to an empty granary, and friends will not visit
us when our wealth is gone.
Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.
Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
He enters the port with a full sail.
He enters the port with a full sail.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.