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He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
He won't, won't he? Then bring me my boots.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
A bitter drug oft brings relief.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.