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Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
You may envy every one, but no one envies you.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his
physician his heir.
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more
My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]