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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.
Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to
fit it for toil when resumed.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
