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Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.