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This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
All men do not admire and delight in the same objects.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.