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Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.