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Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
