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Love makes a good eye squint.
Love makes a good eye squint.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
The devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.