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Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits read more
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.