By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is past, see how that which is to come will be drawn on. Stay a little, and news will find you. Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of the thing. When God will, no wind but brings rain. Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not till then. Pull down your hat on the wind's side. As the year is, your pot must seeth. Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last night. When the fox preacheth, beware geese. When you are an anvil, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill. Poor and liberal, rich and covetous. He that makes his bed ill, lies there. He that labours and thrives, spends gold. He that sows, trusts in God. He that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas. He that repairs not a part, builds all. A discontented man knows not where to sit easy. He that dines and leaves, lays the cloth twice. Who eats his cock alone, must saddle his horse alone. He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich, or wise. He that doth what he will, doth not what he ought. He that will deceive the fox must rise betimes. He that lives well, sees afar off. He that hath a mouth of his own, must not say to another, Blow. He that will be served, must be patient. He that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die. He that hath lost his credit, is dead to the world. He that hath no ill fortune, is troubled with good. He that demands, misseth not, unless his demands be foolish. He that hath no honey in his pot, let him have it in his mouth. He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife. He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouths at us, is courteous. He that loseth his due, gets not thanks. He that believes all, misseth; he that believeth nothing, hits not. Pardons and pleasantness are great revengers of slanders. A married man turns his staff into a stake. If you would know secrets, look them in grief or plea sure. Serve a noble disposition, though poor, the time comes that he will repay thee. The fault is as great as he that is faulty. If folly were grief, every house would weep. He that would be well old, must be old betimes. Sit in your place, and none can make you rise. If you could run as you drink, you might catch a hare. Would you know what money is, go The morning sun never lasts a day. borrow some. Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewail another's. All griefs with bread are less. All things require skill, but an appetite. All things have their place, knew we how to place them. Little pitchers have wide ears. We are fools one to another. This world is nothing except it tend to another. There are three ways, the universities, the sea, the court. U God comes to see without a bell. Life without a friend, is death without a witness. Clothe thee in war, arm thee in peace. The horse thinks one thing, and he that saddles him another. Mills and wives ever want. The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meal. The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller not one. He carries well, to whom it weighs not. The comforter's head never aches. Step after step the ladder is ascended. Who likes not the drink, God deprives him of bread. Justice pleaseth few in their own house. Love is not found in the market. Dry feet, warm head, bring safe to bed. He is rich enough that wants nothing. One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. Far shooting never killed bird. An upbraided morsel never choked any. Dearths foreseen come not. An ill labourer quarrels with his tools. He that falls into the dirt, the longer he stays there the fouler he is. He that blames would buy. He that sings on Friday will weep on Sunday. The charges of building, and making of gardens, are unknown. My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the Escurial. A hundred load of thought will not pay one of debts. He that seeks trouble never misses. Who doth his own business, fouls not his hands. He that makes a good war, makes a good peace. He that works after his own manner, his head aches not at the matter. Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet. He that hath children, all his morsels are not his own. He that hath a head of wax, must not walk in the sun. He that hath a fox for his mate, hath need of a net at his girdle. He that hath right, fears; he that hath wrong, hopes. He that hath patience, hath fat thrushes for a farthing. Never was strumpet fair. He that measures not himself is measured. He that hath one hog, makes him fat; and he that hath makes him a fool. one son, Who lets his wife go to every feast, and his horse drink at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse. He that speaks sows, and he that holds his peace gathers. He that hath little is the less dirty. He that lives most dies most. He that hath one foot in the straw hath another in the spittle. He that is fed at another's hand, may stay long ere he be full. He that makes a thing too fine, breaks it. He that bewails himself hath the cure in his hands. He that would be well, needs not go from his own house. Counsel breaks not the head. Fly the pleasure that bites to-morrow. He that knows what may be gained in a day, never steals. Money refused loseth its brightness. Health and money go far. Where your will is ready, your feet are light. A great ship asks deep waters. Woe to the house where there is no chiding. Take heed of the vinegar of sweet wine. Fools bite one another, but wise men agree together. Good is good, but better carries it. To gain teacheth how to spend. Good finds good. The dog gnaws the bone because he cannot swallow it. The crow bewails the sheep, and then eats it. Building is a sweet impoverishing. The first degree of folly is to hold one's self wise, the second to possess it, the third to despise counsel. The greatest step is that out of doors. To weep for joy is a kind of manna. The first service a child doeth his father is to make him foolish. The resolved mind hath no cares. In the kingdom of a cheater, the wallet is carried before. The eye will have his part. The good mother says not, Will you? but gives. A house and a woman suit excellently. In the kingdom of blind men, the one-eyed is king. A little kitchen makes a large house. War makes thieves, and peace hangs them. Poverty is the mother of health. In the morning mountains, in the evening fountains. |
