Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Some falls the means are happier to rise.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

Those things please more, which are more expensive.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its
approach.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

The scalded head feares cold water.

The scalded head feares cold water.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

I must be cruel only to be kind.