He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.

'Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

A live dog is better than a dead lion.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.

To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.