Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.

'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

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

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

If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.

If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.

Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.