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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.