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While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
While tears that from repentance flow,
In bright exhalement reach the skies.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
Patience, time and money accommodate all things.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
The evening praises the day, and the morning a frost.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.