Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.

The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.

The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.

Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches
into gold.