But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more

But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.

O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.

O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.

He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.

He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our read more

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more

The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Strict law is often great injustice.

Strict law is often great injustice.