The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.

A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).

A penny spar'd is twice got.

A penny spar'd is twice got.

Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.

Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.

Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
And the rank poison of the old will die.