Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.

Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.

The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.

The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.

To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.