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The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.