Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.

It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

How blessings brighten as they take their flight.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.

Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.