For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use them is a grace, to understand them a good. — John Florio Copy Share Image
If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money. — John Florio Copy Share
Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill. — John Florio Copy Share
England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses. — John Florio Copy Share
One hand washeth another, both the face. [Lat., Una mano lava l'altra, ed ambedue lavano il volto.] — John Florio Copy Share
For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To… — John Florio Copy Share
