Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.

Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey,
and brevity.

You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.

You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.

Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.

The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.

What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.