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Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
He who would not be indolent, let him fall in love.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.