God oft hath a great share in a little house.

God oft hath a great share in a little house.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
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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.

The doctors gave her over--to an ass.

The doctors gave her over--to an ass.

All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
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All that's bright must fade,--
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest.

How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!

May everything he treads upon become a rose!

May everything he treads upon become a rose!

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.

There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could
he find it.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.