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No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.