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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
I'll make the fur
Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.