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Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A married man turns his staffe into a stake.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
A little with quiet is the onely dyet.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.