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Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, read more
He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40,
nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
