The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.

The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.

Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice;
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.

Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife read more

Had the crow only fed without cawing she would have had more to
eat, and much less of strife and envy to contend with. [To noise
abroad our success is to invite envy and competition.]