For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

For violent fires soon burn out themselves.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.

While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.

While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.

Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]

Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.