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A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
