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Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
bus to take care read more
A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too
bus to take care of his tools.
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more
Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
Manners with Fortunes, Humours turn with Climes,
Tenets with Books, and Principles with Times.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.