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Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.