The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

In a good house all is quickly ready.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.