As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.

One heat another heat expels.

One heat another heat expels.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.