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Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
