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A little lett lets an ill workeman.
A little lett lets an ill workeman.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.