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Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Dispel the cold, bounteously replenishing the hearth with logs.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
Their hearts sweat with undivulged guilt.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.