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Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late read more
The present century was growing blind
To the great Marlborough's skill in giving knocks,
Until his late life by Archdeacon Coxe.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.