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Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
The next way home's the farthest way about.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]
The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]