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What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be read more
I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus read more
Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.
[Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus
exercuit.]
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.