John Heywood Quotes
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Cut my cote after my cloth.
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Two heddis are better then one.
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Ill wéede growth fast.
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She looketh as butter would not melt in her mouth.
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And while I at length debate and beate the bushe, There shall steppe in other men, and catche the burdes, And by long time lost in many vayne wurdes.
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No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.
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Children learne to creepe ere they can learne to goe.
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To hold with the hare and run with the hound.
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All thing is the woorse for the wearing.
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Have yee him on the hip.
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God never sends th' mouth but he sendeth meat.
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This hitteth the nayle on the hed.
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The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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There is no fire without some smoke.
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You stand in your owne light.
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Small pitchers have wyde eares.
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So many heads so many wits.
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Beware of, Had I wist.
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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
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Leape out of the frying pan into the fyre.
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Burnt child fire dredth.