Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.

Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

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

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

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.

Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.

Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]