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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
The resolved minde hath no cares.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Hee that lies long a bed, his estate feeles it.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in
learning.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
