The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

The more the eggs, the worse the hatch,
The more the fish, the worse the catch.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.

But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.

But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.

Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.