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God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
He that hath the spice, may season as he list.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
