Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.

Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because read more

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.

There is a devil in every berry of the grape.

There is a devil in every berry of the grape.

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice read more

They appear but here and there swimming in the vasty deep. [The
portions of some books really worth notice are few and far
between.]

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

Good & quickly seldome meete.

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]

Seeming genial, venial fault.

Seeming genial, venial fault.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.