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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did read more
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did him know.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The heart of kings is unsearchable.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.