The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

Man is to man a god or a wolf.

Man is to man a god or a wolf.

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

Forbeare not sowing because of birds.

Forbeare not sowing because of birds.

Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.

When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
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When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.

Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.