Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

Nature never says one thing, and science another.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

The reasons of the poore weigh not.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

He that serves, must serve.

He that serves, must serve.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.