Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

A pleasure long expected is deare enough sold.

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?

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.

With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.

With no more sign of wisdom than a beard.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.

He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.