Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

Lawyers houses are built on the heads of fooles.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.

It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.