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Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
Greene wood makes a hott fire.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.