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He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.