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Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.