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Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
The silver livery of advised age.
The silver livery of advised age.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.