What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

He tells old wives' tales much to the point.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.

Take heed of foul dirty wayes, and long sicknesse.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

Don't long for the unripe grape.

He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.