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My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
It is folly to waste labour about trifles.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
