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Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Virtue alone is happiness below.
Virtue alone is happiness below.