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He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
Had she been light, like you,
Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,
She might ha' been read more
Had she been light, like you,
Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,
She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;
And so may you, for a light heart lives long.
