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Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.