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Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
