One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
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As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.
We are fooles one to another.
We are fooles one to another.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
All things require skill, but an appetite.
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
There is no disputing about taste.
[Lat., De gustibus non disputandum.]
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
