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The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
As many men, so many opinions.
As many men, so many opinions.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.