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I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
Feare, the Bedle of the Law.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
