A trade is better then service.

A trade is better then service.

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more

He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with read more

My high-blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me
Weary and old with service.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.

Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.

The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.