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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.