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The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
The great would have none great and the little all little.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.