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Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting read more
Leave her to Heaven,
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,
To prick and sting her.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
Hee that wipes the childs nose, kisseth the mothers cheeke.
But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more
But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.
Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.