I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.

How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

To a brave man every soil is his country.

You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]

You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

If folly were griefe every house would weepe.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.

The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.

The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more

The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.