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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the read more
Little we heed the tempest drear,
While music, mirth, and social cheer,
Speed on their wings the passing year.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem read more
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
