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But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Dogs are fine in the field.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.