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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
In a Leopard the spotts are not observed.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to
our manners, and removes all awkwardness.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
