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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
Must I give way and room to your rash choler?
