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He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.
The way is an ill neighbour.
The way is an ill neighbour.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Where there is peace, God is.
Where there is peace, God is.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.