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It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
