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The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?