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The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.