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It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide read more
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a
brawling woman in a wide house.
One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
