What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That is not good language which all understand not.

That is not good language which all understand not.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.