Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Of a little thing a little displeaseth.

Of a little thing a little displeaseth.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.

The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.

The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

The great put the little on the hooke.

The great put the little on the hooke.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.