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My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
