A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

A good pay-master starts not at assurances.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

The blind eate many a flie.

The blind eate many a flie.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.

I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu!
You've play'd with me, now play with others too.

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.

The fire, with well-dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide.

I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still read more

I know myself now, and I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.