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Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Good service is a great inchantment.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.