The higher the plum tree, the riper the plum; Women and wine, game and deceit, ; He that buys land, buys many stones; E'en do it by slight. He's a wise man, who, when he's well, can hold himself so. Many a little makes a mickle. Little strokes fell great oaks. Pay what you owe, And what you're worth you'll know. Sometimes words hurt more than swords. Linen often to water, soon to tatter. He that would please all, and himself too, He that by the plough would thrive, There's nothing agrees worse, Than a prince's heart and a beggar's purse. Our fathers, who were wond'rous wise, Did wash their throats before they wash'd their eyes. A head like a snake, a neck like a drake, A back like a beam, a belly like a bream, A foot like a cat, a tail like a rat. As a man lives, so shall he die ; He that once a good name gets, The head and feet keep warm, First canting, then wooing; We will bear with the stink, An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, A thousand pounds and a bottle of hay, Be always as merry as ever you can, A whip for a fool, and a rod for a school, Are always in good season.-CARDINAL WOLSEY. It would make a man scratch where it doth not itch, The Inner Temple rich, The Middle Temple poor; Lincoln's Inn for law, And Gray's Inn for a w——. "Manners make the man," quoth William of Wickham. William of Wickham was a person well known. He was bishop of Winchester, founded a new college in Oxford, and Winchester college in Hampshire. This was generally his motto, inscribed frequently on places of his founding. So that it became proverbial. Who spends more than he should, Hath not to spend when he would. P If a man knew when things would be dear, Enough's as good as a feast, Early to bed, and early to rise, Will make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. If you trust before you try, * You may repent before you die, Wide will wear, But narrow will tear. One God-no more,. But friends good store. I never saw an oft-removed tree, Nor yet an oft-removed-family, That throve so well as those that settled be. He that hath more smocks than shirts in a bucking, Great wits to madness, sure are near allied, When a musician has forgot his note, He makes as though a crum stuck in his throat, "The most haste the worst speed," Quoth the tailor to his long thread. The good or ill hope of a good or ill life, Is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife. When I did well, I heard it never; He who will thrive, must rise at five; The friend of the table, Is very variable.-French. Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. A light purse, Is a heavy curse. Such envious things the women are, Get what you can, and what you get hold; "Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. He that gives his goods before he be dead, Take up a mallet and knock him on the head. Taken from the history of one John Bell, who, having given all his substance to his children, was by them neglected: after he died there was found a mallet, with this inscription : I, John Bell, leaves her a mell, the man to fell, Who gives all to his bairns, and keeps nothing to himsell. Many estates are spent in the getting Since women, for tea, forsook spinning and knitting, Shall beggars prove. Wise men with pity do behold Fools worship mules who carry gold. They that have no other meat, Bread and butter are glad to eat. As your wedding-ring wears, You'll wear off your cares. Like blood, like goods, and like ages, |