What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.

Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.

Of two evils I have chose the least.

Of two evils I have chose the least.

We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]

We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.