There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

You may envy every one, but no one envies you.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

This world is nothing except it tend to another.

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.

To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

It is not permitted that we should know everything.

The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.

The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.