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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

Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill. -- John Florio

A good husband makes a good wife. -- John Florio

From the physician and lawyer keep not the truth hidden. -- John Florio

England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses. -- John Florio

Wisdom sails with wind and time. -- John Florio

Who has not served cannot command. -- John Florio

Who hath not served can not command. -- John Florio

Patience is the best medicine. -- John Florio

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple. -- John Florio

Poverty is no vice, but an inconvenience. -- John Florio

Fish marreth the water, and flesh doth dress it -- John Florio

Praise the sea, on shore remain. -- John Florio

Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. -- John Florio

If you will be a traveler, have always two bags very full. That is one of patience and another of money. -- John Florio

Night is the mother of thoughts. -- John Florio