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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till
afterwards.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more
We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.