A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
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I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.

He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials
of impotence.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.