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Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
Spare your breath to cool your porridge.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.