An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.

Common report is not always wrong.

Common report is not always wrong.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.

Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.

Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.