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The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.