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Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
The body is more drest then the soule.
The body is more drest then the soule.
Too much taking heede is losse.
Too much taking heede is losse.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will read more
He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the
quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work
hard.]