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That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?