And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

And yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.

Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.

Hee hath no leisure who useth it not.

We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.

To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.

To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]

They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.