But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.

It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.

He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

It is very hard to shave an egge.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.

Music helps not the toothache.

Music helps not the toothache.

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.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.