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Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus read more
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus
exercuit.]
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
