What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.

What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.

Every picture tells a story.

Every picture tells a story.

Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.

Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.

Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!

Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!