Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Do what you should, not what you may.

Do what you should, not what you may.

The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more

The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.

Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.

Hee that repaires not a part, builds all.

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

Water a farre off quencheth not fire.

The reverse side also has a reverse side.

The reverse side also has a reverse side.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the
nut.

He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.

He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.