At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

Deception follows on the heels of deception.

Deception follows on the heels of deception.

That which never has been, never is, and never will be.

That which never has been, never is, and never will be.

He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]

He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

The Germans wit is in his fingers.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.