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A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs
down and prostates the mind also.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!