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He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
