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Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Ah! when the means are gone that buy this praise,
The breath is gone whereof this praise is made.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.
I had rather ride on an asse that carries me, then a horse that
throwes me.