I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.

One picture is worth ten thousand words.

One picture is worth ten thousand words.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

A full belly neither fights nor flies well.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.

Praise day at night, and life at the end.