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This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the read more
They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
