By many indignities we come to dignities.

By many indignities we come to dignities.

Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it read more

Love without end, hath no end, says the Spaniard: (meaning, if it
were not begun on particular ends, it would last).

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.

Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more

I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.

It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from read more

It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid
satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise
after he is dead.

Still fisheth he that catcheth one.

Still fisheth he that catcheth one.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.

But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.