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A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck read more
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the
dinner.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.