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Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
If folly were griefe every house would weepe.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his
sheep.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.