As a little snow, tumbled about, Anon becomes a mountain. K. John, iii. 4. All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Richard II. i. 3. At hand, quoth pick-purse. 1 Henry IV. ii. 1. A habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar A peace is of the nature of a conquest; For then both parties nobly are subdued, And neither party loser. 2 Henry IV. iv. 2. An honest man is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. 2 Henry IV. v. 1. Advantage is a better soldier than rashness. Henry V. iii. 6. A fool's bolt is soon shot. Henry V. iii. 7. A surfeit of the sweetest things The deepest loathing to the stomach brings. M. N. Dream, ii. 2. A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a curled pate will grow bald, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow; but a good heart is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly. Henry V. v. 2. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek; A goodly apple rotten at the heart. Mer. of Ven. i. 3. A friend i' the court is better than a penny in purse. 2 Henry VI. v. 1. They say "a crafty knave does need no broker." 2 Henry VI. i. 2. A staff is quickly found to beat a dog. 2 Henry VI. iii. 1. A subtle traitor needs no sophister. 2 Henry VI. v. 1. A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. 3 Henry VI. iv. 8. An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. Richard III. iv. 4. A beggar's book out-worths a noble's blood. Henry VIII. i. 1. Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. Henry VIII. i. 1. All hoods make not monks. Henry VIII. iii. 1. A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant. T. and C. ii. 3. All, with one consent, praise new-born gawds, Though they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust, that is a little gilt, More laud than gilt o'er-dusted. T. and C. iii. 3. A woman impudent and mannish grown Is not more loath'd than an effeminate man In time of action. T. and C. iii. 3. A plague of opinion! a man may wear it on both sides, like a leather jerkin. T. and C. iii. 3. A noble nature may catch a wrench. T. of Athens, ii. 2. |