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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
An old friend is a new house.
An old friend is a new house.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
