If music be the food of love, play on.

If music be the food of love, play on.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

He who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.

What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.