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His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
Take heed of a person marked, and a Widdow thrice married.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.
Men who ape the saint and play the sinner.