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To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more
My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
He comes to the world, as a gentleman comes
To a lodging ready furnished.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.