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Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is
entrusted to them.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
