There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.

One stroke fells not an oke.

One stroke fells not an oke.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

Let him love none and be by none beloved!

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

Working and making a fire doth discretion require.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.