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You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.
A naughty child is better sick then whole.