A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.

Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.

Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.