Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.

Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

I have cut my leg with my own adze.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more

He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

One houres sleepe before midnight is worth three after.
[One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.]

Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.

Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.