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The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.