A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

A pearl may in a toad's head dwell,
And may be found too in an oyster shell.

Better fed than taught.

Better fed than taught.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Shee spins well that breedes her children.

Shee spins well that breedes her children.

Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.

If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.

If the braine sowes not corne, it plants thistles.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.