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Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
They do not love that do not show their love.
They do not love that do not show their love.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.