The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.

The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.

Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
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Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.