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Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Riches with their wicked inducements increase; nevertheless,
avarice is never satisfied.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.