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But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
