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Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Love and dignity do not dwell together.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.