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When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum.
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more
Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.