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The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
