Anything for a quiet life.

Anything for a quiet life.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

I tell the tale as it was told to me.

They that know one another salute a farre off.

They that know one another salute a farre off.

Let the poor man mind his tongue.

Let the poor man mind his tongue.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.

A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.