When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to read more

Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.

I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.

I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.

The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

The higher our position the more modestly should we behave.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.

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.