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The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
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.