A friend is a second self.

A friend is a second self.

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

Joking apart, now let us be serious.

What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.