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The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.