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How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more
How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
If the old dog barke he gives counsell.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
