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For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.