Nose, nose, jolly red nose,And who gave thee that jolly red nose?Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves;And they gave me this jolly red nose..

The greatest attribute of Heaven is mercy..

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock..

Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy..

Our lives are but our marches to the grave..

The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much..

Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint, And sweet thyme true, Primrose, first born child of Ver, Merry Spring-time's harbinger..

Those have most power to hurt us, that we love..

It is a word that's quickly spoken, which being unrestrained, a heart is broken.

My virginity, that from my childhood kept me company, is heavier than I can endure to bear. Forgive me, Cupid, for thou art god, and I a wretched cre….

Grace comes often clad in the dusky robe of desolation..

If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion t….

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it..

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven..

There's nothing that allays an angry mind So soon as a sweet beauty..

Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us..

All confidence which is not absolute and entire, is dangerous. There are few occasions but where a man ought either to say all, or conceal all; for, ….

You are no better than you should be..

There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees..

As men do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, After supper. 'Tis their exercise..

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor th….