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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
There is a devil in every berry of the grape.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, read more
Gold delights to walk through the very midst of the guard, and to
break its way through hard rocks, more powerful in its blow than
lightning.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).