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It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
To a crafty man, a crafty and an halfe.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.