Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.

Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.

The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more

The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.

Pension never inriched young man.

Pension never inriched young man.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.

Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.