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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
[The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.