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A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A favour is half granted, when graciously refused.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
It is the Philosophy of the Distaffe.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.
Every one is witty for his owne purpose.