John Suckling
John Suckling
men wind watches
But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments.
beauty blue black
If I a fancy take To black and blue, That fancy doth it beauty make.
sports
Tis love in love that makes the sport.
mediocrity quiet stills
A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity.
paint ugliness
Success is a rare paint, hides all the ugliness.
grace deities arise
Beauties that from worth arise are like the grace of deities.
opportunity degrees heat
Opportunity, to statesmen, is as the just degree of heat to chemists; it perfects all the work.
food delight meat
Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight.
pain heart love-is
Love is the fart Of every heart It pains the man when 'tis kept close, And others doth offend, when 'tis let loose.