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Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more
For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.