A fool's bolt is soon shot.

A fool's bolt is soon shot.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Of two evils choose the least.
[Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.