The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?

Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.

When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.

When prayers are done, my Lady is ready.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.