Let the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can’t pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.
JOHN HEYWOODLet the world slide, let the world go; A fig for care, and a fig for woe! If I can’t pay, why I can owe, And death makes equal the high and low.
JOHN HEYWOODTo give importance to trifling matters.
JOHN HEYWOODIt had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.
JOHN HEYWOODFeed by measure, and defy the physician.
JOHN HEYWOODEvery dog has its day.
JOHN HEYWOODMany handis make light warke.
JOHN HEYWOODNought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]
JOHN HEYWOODSmall pitchers have wyde eares.
JOHN HEYWOODMuch water goeth by the millThat the miller knoweth not of.
JOHN HEYWOODThrée maie a kepe counsayle, if two be away.
JOHN HEYWOODWho waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.
JOHN HEYWOODHe that will not whan he may,Whan he would, he shall haue nay.
JOHN HEYWOODA cat may looke on a King.
JOHN HEYWOODIt is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling
JOHN HEYWOODWhen all candles are out, all cats are grey, All things are then of one color, as who say. And this proverb faith, for quenching hot desire, Foul water as soon as faire, will quench hot fire.
JOHN HEYWOODNever look a gift horse in the mouth.
JOHN HEYWOOD