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Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Nothing is to be presumed on, or despaired of.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
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.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
