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It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.