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The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of
a friend.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.