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Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
