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For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her read more
While gripinge grefes ye hart would wounde,
And dolefulle domps ye mynde oppresse,
There musicke with her silver sound,
Is wont with spede to send redresse.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.