A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.

A horse stumbles that hath foure legges.

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more

A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.

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.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.