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Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!