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Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.