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Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
In a long journey straw waighs.
In a long journey straw waighs.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
