The shadow of a mighty name.

The shadow of a mighty name.

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower read more

From the midst of the very fountain of pleasure, something of
bitterness arises to vex us in the flower of enjoyment.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Every mile is two in winter.

Every mile is two in winter.

Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.

Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.

In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.