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Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
But in the glances of his eye
A penetrating keen and sly
Expression found its home.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.