The point is plain as a pike staff.

The point is plain as a pike staff.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.

It's an ill councell that hath no escape.

It's an ill councell that hath no escape.

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

Despise not sweet inviting love-making nor the merry dance.

Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.

Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

We plough the sand on the sea shore.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.

The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.