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What! upon compulsion? No!
What! upon compulsion? No!
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more
From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
