The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.

The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.

The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.

Make good use of your time, it flies fast.

Make good use of your time, it flies fast.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.