When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.

When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more

To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
[Lat., In regione caecorum rex est luscus.]

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.

For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.

For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.

The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.

The pain
Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart
Is stirred thus in the wound again.