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The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
God comes to see without a bell.
God comes to see without a bell.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
That which two will, takes effect.
That which two will, takes effect.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.