When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?

In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]

In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]

A fault is fostered by concealment.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

Assaile who will, the valiant attends.

Assaile who will, the valiant attends.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.

The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.