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Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.