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The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
Every man's friend is no man's friend.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.