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Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
Where your will is ready, your feete are light.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
By the magic read more
Hundreds of men were turned into beasts,
Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,
By the magic of ale and cider.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
