Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

Some things are good, some middling, more bad.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.

Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.

Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

Prodigal of the property of others, sparing of his own.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more

A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.

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.