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That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
Of faire things, the Autumne is faire.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the
intellect.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.