Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

Far from gay cities and the ways of men.

Far from gay cities and the ways of men.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]

Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy.
[He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]

Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear;
Small sands the mountain, moments make the year,
And trifles life.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Idle people have the least leisure.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.