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Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
There is never a lawsuit but a woman is at the bottom of it.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.