There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

There is great force hidden in a sweet command.

Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.

Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.

The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.

The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.

He that will be surety, shall pay.

He that will be surety, shall pay.

If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.

If half thy outward graces had been placed
About the thoughts and counsels of thy heart.