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'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
In every country dogges bite.
In every country dogges bite.
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.