Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

I'm at my wits end.

I'm at my wits end.

Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.

Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.

Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.

The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.

A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.

A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).

The beades in the Hand, and the Divell in Capuch (or cape of the
cloak).