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The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
The tongue talkes at the heads cost.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
To weepe for joy is a kinde of Manna.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Still harping on my daughter.
Still harping on my daughter.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
The chiefe boxe of health is time.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]