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For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
