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The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to read more
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to the devil.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
