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Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
One graine fills not a sacke, but helpes his fellowes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
