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That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.