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What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Many have an irresistible itch for writing.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
A woman scorn'd is pitiless as fate,
For then the dread of shame adds stings to hate.
