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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
