And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where read more

A man would live in Italy (a place of pleasure) but he would
chuse to dy in Spain (where they say the Catholick Religion is
professed with greatest strictness).

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

Every accusation against a fallen man gains credence.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

God made not pleasures for the rich alone.

Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.

Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.