Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.

I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

He that staies does the businesse.

He that staies does the businesse.

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.

Aske much to have a little.

Aske much to have a little.

That is gold which is worth gold.

That is gold which is worth gold.