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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?