Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.

Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.

Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.

Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.

Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the
market.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.