To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more

The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."

You kick against the goad.

You kick against the goad.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

Let none say, I will not drinke water.

A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.

A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more

The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]