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A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
A great dowry is a bed full of brables.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
But we are all men
In our own natures frail.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
For, wake where'er he may, man wakes to care and coil.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.