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How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
We hate merit while it is with us; when taken away from our gaze,
we long for it jealously.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
A garden must be lookt unto and drest as the body.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.