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Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.