Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.

Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.

Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others,
dies in ignorance of himself.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.

Punishment is lame, but it comes.

Punishment is lame, but it comes.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.

Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.