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Love and businesse teach eloquence.
Love and businesse teach eloquence.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing read more
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
