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Good horses make short miles.
Good horses make short miles.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be read more
Not even piety will stay wrinkles, nor the encroachments of age,
nor the advance of death, which cannot be resisted.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.