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Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
Nothing is more obnoxious than a low person raised to a high
position.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more
A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).
Good is god, but better carries it.
Good is god, but better carries it.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
The way of transgressors is hard.
The way of transgressors is hard.
