In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy read more

In truth it is best to learn wisdom, and abandoning all nonsense,
to leave it to boys to enjoy their season of play and mirth.

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.

What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

You shall never want rope enough.

You shall never want rope enough.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

But we are all men
In our own natures frail.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

No hair so small but hath his shadow.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.