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They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
