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The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.