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One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.