Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Speech is silvern, silence is golden.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.

When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

All are not merry that dance lightly.

Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
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Full from the fount of Joy's delicious springs
Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom springs.
[Lat., Medio de fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quod in ipsis floribus angat.]

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.

Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye
We late saw streaming o'er.

The command of custome is great.

The command of custome is great.