An injury may prove a blessing.

An injury may prove a blessing.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

The tooth-ach is more ease then to deale with ill people.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

And gentle Dulness ever loves a joke.

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

I will be correspondent to command.

I will be correspondent to command.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.