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We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.