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No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.