Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

All things deteriorate in time.

All things deteriorate in time.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

I give not gold for mere expectations.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.

Music helps not the toothache.

Music helps not the toothache.

Bear and forbear.

Bear and forbear.

His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.

His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.