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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.
One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.