No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.

In every country dogges bite.

In every country dogges bite.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

The fellow is either a madman or a poet.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

He makes a great row but does nothing.

He makes a great row but does nothing.

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more

One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.