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Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Modesty should accompany youth.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.