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What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Not a long day, but a good heart rids worke.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.