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The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.
