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Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Much matter decocted into few words.
Much matter decocted into few words.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.