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Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
Who will make a doore of gold must knock a naile every day.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
He complaines wrongfully on the sea that twice suffers shipwrack.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
