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Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
None knowes the weight of anothers burthen.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.