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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
