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I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
The command of custome is great.
The command of custome is great.
Every day brings his bread with it.
Every day brings his bread with it.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
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.]
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.