He threatens many that hath injured one.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.

Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.

Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.