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Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Bells call others, but themselves enter not into the Church.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.