The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.

The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

Everyone puts his fault on the Times.

Everyone puts his fault on the Times.

Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.

Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.

Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.

Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

Love rules his kingdome without a sword.

Love rules his kingdome without a sword.

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?