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Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.
Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.