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Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
All griefes with bread are lesse.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
If that you have a former friend for foe.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.