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A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a read more
Before you make a friend, eate a bushell of salt with him.
[Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him.]
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.