Maxioms by Ben Jonson
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument,
He'll bray you in a mortar.
A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his
government is groping.
A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his
government is groping.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
