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He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my read more
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your
children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which
I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them:
Then I will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given
them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I
cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword
among all people:
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it
shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath
the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
