Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.

Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!

Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.

No love is foule, nor prison fair.

No love is foule, nor prison fair.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Who teacheth often learns himself.

Who teacheth often learns himself.