How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

All griefes with bread are lesse.

All griefes with bread are lesse.

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Speake not of a dead man at the table.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

Knowledge is folly, except grace guide it.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!

Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!