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Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
When age is jocond it makes sport for death.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
