While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.

While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.

Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.

He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.

He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.

O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.

It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.

It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.