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Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
