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None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Behold of what delusive worth
The bubbles we pursue on earth,
The shapes we chase.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.