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Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
