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Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the
utmost danger.
The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the
utmost danger.
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.