Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his
love of possessing wealth.

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

All griefes with bread are lesse.

All griefes with bread are lesse.