Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.

One of Satan's shepherdesses caught
And meant to stamp him with her master's mark.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.

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.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.

Make three bites of a cherry.

Make three bites of a cherry.

The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.

The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.