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Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.