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I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so
will pains.
Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.