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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.