When the mischief is done the door is shut.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more

The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.

To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.

To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.

Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Far from gay cities and the ways of men.

Far from gay cities and the ways of men.

You will not be a chip the richer.

You will not be a chip the richer.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.