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The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.