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Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes
of others.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.