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A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.
A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.