My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

The life of man is a winter way.

The life of man is a winter way.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.

That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least
inviting.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.

Small things become the small.

Small things become the small.