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A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!