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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Good words are worth much, and cost little.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.