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Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men
cannot pull out.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the
morrow may bring.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of read more
'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you,
my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety.