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The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.