No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.

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.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.

These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.

These are the evils which result from gossiping habits.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth.