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Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.