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Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Spectacles are deaths Harquebuze.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.