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Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
It a wretched thing to suffer at the hand of one of whom we
cannot complain.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
The whole family is packed into one trap.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
Speake fitly, or be silent wisely.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
To a brave man every soil is his country.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.