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When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.