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In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
