Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

This is the real secret of all that indignation.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.