Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

The mill cannot grind with water that's past.

The mill cannot grind with water that's past.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.

With winsome cruelty she refuses.

With winsome cruelty she refuses.

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.