Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to read more

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.

He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.

He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]

An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.

Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.

Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.