How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more

Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.

The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more

The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."

The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.

The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.

Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.

He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.

He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.

To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.