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They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
The market is the best garden.
The market is the best garden.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.