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A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids read more
Who eates the Kings Goose uoydes the feathers an hundred years
after.
[Who eats the king's goose voids the feathers a hundred years
after.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
[Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.