God keep me from false friends!

God keep me from false friends!

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.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Evils have their comfort, good none can support.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.

He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]

A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body.
[A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]