Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more

Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

The way of transgressors is hard.

The way of transgressors is hard.