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Charity sees the need not the cause.
Charity sees the need not the cause.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
We are fooles one to another.
We are fooles one to another.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will
become broken and his torch extinguished.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Councell breakes not the head.
Councell breakes not the head.