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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to
those who can.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like).
(Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
