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Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.