Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.

The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.

What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.

An upbraided morsell never choaked any.

An upbraided morsell never choaked any.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.