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All is not gold that glisters.
All is not gold that glisters.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
A small heart hath small desires.
A small heart hath small desires.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.
Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.