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Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.
Strict law is often great injustice.
Strict law is often great injustice.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.