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'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
The gowne is his that we ares it, and the world his that enjoyes
it.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.