Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.

Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.

A fair face may make a foul bargain.

A fair face may make a foul bargain.

God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

God has joined the innocent with the guilty.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.