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Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.