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To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the
nature of their troubles.
I will be correspondent to command.
I will be correspondent to command.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
The maxims of men reveal their characters.
[Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
