Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.

Hee that dines and leaves, layes the cloth twice.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more

But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our read more

There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.

Diamond cuts diamond.

Diamond cuts diamond.