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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause
for sorrow has arisen.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? read more
But who would scorn the month of June,
Because December with his breath so hoary,
Must come? Much rather should he court the ray,
To hoard up warmth against a wintry day.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
He that hath but one eye, must bee afraid to lose it.
