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A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
We are often saved from crime by the disgrace of others.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with
increased violence.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
