Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.

He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

Of him that speakes ill, consider the life more then the word.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]

Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.

The ignorant hath an Eagles wings, and an Owles eyes.