Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.

Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.

An undertaking beset with danger.

An undertaking beset with danger.

I hate all children of precocious talent.

I hate all children of precocious talent.

Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?

Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

Without favour none will know you, and with it you will not know
your selfe.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.

Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.

Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.