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

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

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.

Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.

Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep read more

Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep up Christmas merry still.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.

He says anything that first comes into his mouth.