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The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.