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Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.