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Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
'Tis merry in hall
Where beards wag all.
- Thomas Tusser,
'Tis merry in hall
Where beards wag all.
- Thomas Tusser,
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.