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The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
He that goeth farre hath many encounters.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
No herb can remedy the anguish of love.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.