To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by read more

To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Let each man have according to his deserts.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.

Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.