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When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
The Fox, when hee cannot reach the grapes, saies they are not
ripe.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
After the house is finisht, leave it.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.