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When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
He that marries late, marries ill.
He that marries late, marries ill.
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.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
