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Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
Where McGregor sits, there is the head of the table.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the
dowry is too large.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.