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No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
God complaines not, but doth what is fitting.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.