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All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
Love makes all hard hearts gentle.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.