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The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
Men of different tastes have different pursuits.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
The greatest step is that out of doores.
[The greatest step is that out of doors.]
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?