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On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
Diseases of the eye are to bee cured with the elbow.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
An Idle youth, a needy Age.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]