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We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.