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Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Joking apart, now let us be serious.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.