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He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Happy, twice happy, you who dwell in the country, if you only
knew the pleasures which surround you!
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a
wig, and a wife.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.