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To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!