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I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
The body is sooner drest then the soule.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
