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A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are
to follow.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short read more
A long tongue is a signe of a short hand.
[A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.