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Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
Though God take the sunne out of the Heaven, yet we must have
patience.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still read more
I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]