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Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
None saies his Garner is full.
None saies his Garner is full.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.
