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The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
Shee spins well that breedes her children.
