Happier are the hands compast ...

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with thoughts.

He can give little to his serv...

He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]

He carries well, to whom it wa...

He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
[He carries well, to whomit weighs not.]

He is a great Necromancer, for...

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books).

He plaies well that winnes.

He plaies well that winnes.
[He plays well that wins.]

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A handful of good life is bett...

A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.

Go not for every grief to the ...

Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrell to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.

Was ever grief like mine?...

Was ever grief like mine?

War is death's feast....

War is death's feast.

Many things are lost for want ...

Many things are lost for want of asking.

In cloths cheap handsomeness, ...

In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.

Couldst thou both eat thy cake...

Couldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?

Get to live;
Then live, a...

Get to live;
Then live, and use it; else, it is not true
That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone
Makes money not a contemptible stone.

Much money makes a Countrey po...

Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.

Man is all symmetrie,
Ful...

Man is all symmetrie,
Full of proportions, one limbe to another,
And all to all the world besides:
Each part may call the farthest, brother:
For head with foot hath privite amitie,
And both with moons and tides.

Who is the honest man?
He...

Who is the honest man?
He that doth still and strongly good pursue
To God, his neighbor, and himself most true:
Whom neither force nor fawning can
Unpin, or wrench from giving all their due.

Before you make a friend, eate...

Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]

February makes a bridge and Ma...

February makes a bridge and March breakes it.
[February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.]

Give not S. Peter so much, to ...

Give not S. Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.
[Give not Saint Peter so much, to leave Saint Paul nothing.]

Least at thine own things laug...

Least at thine own things laugh.