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We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.