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It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.