All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.

Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.

A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.

A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.

An undertaking beset with danger.

An undertaking beset with danger.