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It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
Idleness ruins the constitution.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.
There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and
the lamb.