They will swear black is white.

They will swear black is white.

When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.

Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

Foolish tongues talke by the dozen.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.