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Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself read more
Is there a man whose judgment clear
Can others teach the course to steer,
Yet runs himself life's mad career,
Wild as the wave?
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
An angry man, when he returns to reason, will be again angry with
himself.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.
Divine ashes are better then earthly meale.