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Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Familiarity breeds contempt.
[Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
