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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
All our pompe the earth covers.
All our pompe the earth covers.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
