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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
