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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Slight are the outward signs of evil thought.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.