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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
I have a kind of alacrity in sinking.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.