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When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
