Trees eate but once.

Trees eate but once.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?

Hard cases make bad law.

Hard cases make bad law.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

Much matter decocted into few words.

Much matter decocted into few words.

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more

There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.

Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.

Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.

The filth under the white snow, the sunne discovers.