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None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.
All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.