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Give loosers leave to talke.
Give loosers leave to talke.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth
not.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.