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Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
Conversation makes one what he is.
Conversation makes one what he is.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.
Our content
Is our best having.
Our content
Is our best having.
The House shewes the owner.
The House shewes the owner.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth.