Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.

Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more

Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.

The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.

I hate all children of precocious talent.

I hate all children of precocious talent.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.

Vnder water, famine; under snow, bread.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.