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Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.