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Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.