To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]

To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more

What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.