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O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.