But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if read more

But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.

A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Unto the pure all things are pure.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

Praise none too much, for all are fickle.

War with vices, but peace with individuals.

War with vices, but peace with individuals.