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In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Frugality is one thing, avarice another.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more
Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!