It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.

It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.

From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.

From a chollerick man withdraw a little; from him that saies
nothing, for ever.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.

There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse
of brain, says the Spaniard.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.