A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.

A sword laid by,
Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.

God keep me from false friends!

God keep me from false friends!

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.

So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.

That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.

That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.

When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.

When a man sleepes, his head is in his stomach.