Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

He that marries late, marries ill.

He that marries late, marries ill.

Truth and oyle are ever above.

Truth and oyle are ever above.

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.