Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

A little more than kin, and less than kind!

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

To review ones store is to mow twice.

To review ones store is to mow twice.

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.

In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.

The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.

The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.