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A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
Though last, not least in love, yours, good Trebonius.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.
Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then
by stars at their nativities.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The ire of a despotic king
Rides forth upon destruction's wing.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
