It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

Light may come where all looks darkest,
Hope hath life, when life seems o'er.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.

Here's metal more attractive.

Here's metal more attractive.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.

Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.