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Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
When devils will the blackest sins put on,
They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
At lovers' perjuries,
They say Jove laughs.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.