What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.

Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more

He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

Married in haste we may repent at leisure.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.

By doing nothing we learne to do ill.