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He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and
pounds will take care of themselves.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
He that goes softly goes safely.
He that goes softly goes safely.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
