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The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Hee that hath right, feares; he that hath wrong, hopes.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]
Nothing succeeds like success.
[Fr., Rien ne reussit comme le succes.]