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He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.