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The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
Every thing is of use to a houskeeper.
