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O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
