Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.

Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.

To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.

Men freely believe that which they wish to be the truth.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.

Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.