Penny wise, pound foolish.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

All came from, and will goe to others.

All came from, and will goe to others.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

It is a kingly act to help the fallen.

Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.

Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.

He that is angry at a feast is rude.

He that is angry at a feast is rude.

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more

There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.

For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of read more

For the air of youth,
Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign
A melancholy damp of cold and dry
To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume
The balm of life.