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Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
It's good tying the sack before it be full.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
No profit to honour, no honour to Religion.
Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?
Three can hold their peace, if two be away.
A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
Love bade me welcome, but my soul drew back.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
Grasp not at much, for fear thou losest all.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
Learn weeping, and thou shalt laugh gaining.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.