It will please though ten times repeated.

It will please though ten times repeated.

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

What mighty contests rise from trivial things.

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.

Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.

Would you know what mony is, Go borrow some.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,
And in his simple show he harbors treason.