A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.

Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.

Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a
fool from any side.

What mare's nest hast thou found?

What mare's nest hast thou found?

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray read more

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.

Woe to the house where there is no chiding.