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Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
Let nothing offensive to the ear or the eye enter these
thresholds, within which youth dwells.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.
[A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.