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Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
He that pitties another, remembers himselfe.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
He follows his father, but with shorter strides.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).