Maxioms by Robert Herrick
'Tis not the food, but the content,
That makes the table's merriment.
'Tis not the food, but the content,
That makes the table's merriment.
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.
It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.
If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
If little labour. little are our gaines:
Man's fortunes are according to his paines.
Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.
Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.
