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The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
He that lives well sees a farre off.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.