So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.

He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.

Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.

Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.

Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.

How use doth breed a habit in a man!

How use doth breed a habit in a man!

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.