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"The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]"
"The Mill gets by going."
"The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground."
"The March sunne raises but dissolves not."
"The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many. [The little cannot be great unless he devour many.]"
"The life of spies is to know, not bee known."
"The life of man is a winter way."
"The least foolish is wise."
"The Law is not the same at morning and at night."
"The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes."
"The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes. [The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speaks.]"
"The wife is the key of the house."
"The way is an ill neighbour."
"The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives. [The war is not done so long as my enemy lives.]"
"The vertue of a coward is suspition."
"The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another."
"The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it."
"The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people."
"The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts. [The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.]"
"The thread breakes, where it is weakest."