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All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
