Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.

Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more

I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Wee know not who lives or dies.

Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.

Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.

Such as she is, who died to-day,
Such thou alas! mayst be to-morrow.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.