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I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.
Go to Jericho.
Let them all go to Jericho,
And ne'er be seen againe.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.