Faire language grates not the tongue.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children.

By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!

By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.

Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more

Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.