When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.

Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.

Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.

The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.

The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]

Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!

Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.