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Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
