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The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.