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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
A word once spoken cannot be recalled.
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
[Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.