A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the read more

To John I owed great obligation:
But John unhandsomely thought fit
To publish it to all the nation;
Sure John and I are more than quit.

To be too busie gets contempt.

To be too busie gets contempt.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly
gratifying.

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.

Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the
mother.