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Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Great strokes make not sweete musick.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.