Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

It is difficult to fly without wings.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he;
His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.

He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.

A hungry man, an angry man.

A hungry man, an angry man.

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!