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Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Who would doe ill ne're wants occasion.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
