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An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.