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He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.