Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Vulgarity of manners defiles fine garments more than mud.

Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]

Give me the ocular proof.

Give me the ocular proof.

Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.

Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.

If any would not work, neither shall he eat.

If any would not work, neither shall he eat.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.