When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

Councell breakes not the head.

Councell breakes not the head.

A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

A sinful heart makes feeble hand.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

He that hath one foot in the straw, hath another in the spittle.

You kick against the goad.

You kick against the goad.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]

He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]