I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

The Reverend are ever before.

The Reverend are ever before.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Beauty is but a flower,
Which wrinkles will devour.

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

Better late than never.
[Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.

A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

Trees eate but once.

Trees eate but once.