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The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.