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Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
