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Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of read more
The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from
heaven. Naked, I seek the camp of those who covet nothing.
[Lat., Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit,
A dis plura feret. Nil cupientium
Nudus castra peto.]
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?