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A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
One sword keeres another in the sheath.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.