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With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no
colors.'
I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no
colors.'
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.