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God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
