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'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
'Tis not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
The time will come when you will hate the sight of a mirror.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?
What will their masters not accomplish when low fellows are so
presumptuous?