He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.

When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

When in good health we easily give good advice to the sick.

Soft and faire goes farre.

Soft and faire goes farre.

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.

Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.

Emptie vessels sound most.

Emptie vessels sound most.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.