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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
The eyes have one language every where.
The eyes have one language every where.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.