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A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
Let none say, I will not drinke water.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own
conduct.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!
A little labour, much health.
A little labour, much health.
