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Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
A man convinced against his will,
Is of the some opinion still.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. read more
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be
done, but I would fain die a dry death.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.