Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Good laws are the offspring of bad actions.

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?

As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

We suffer more in imagination than in reality.

There is no evil without its compensation.

There is no evil without its compensation.

Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.

Fly the pleasure that bites to morrow.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.

You are judged of by what you possess.

You are judged of by what you possess.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.