You May Also Like / View all maxioms
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
