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If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.