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He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
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.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
And maidens call it--Love in idleness.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
