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Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
