Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.

Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.

Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.

Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

The sense of death is most in apprehension.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.

But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more

But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

As you sow, so shall you also reap.

As you sow, so shall you also reap.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.