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We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
