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God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a
hundred sons one father.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.
War with vices, but peace with individuals.