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It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The abuse of cabmen in a block.
The question is yet before the court.
The question is yet before the court.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more
She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.