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Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he
might take the current sideways.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?