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An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial
in the shade?
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The masters eye fattens the horse, and his foote the ground.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.