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Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more
I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.