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All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our read more
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
