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He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?