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For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
