Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Let me play the fool;
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.

Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

Let your mind, happily contented with the present, care not what
the morrow will bring with it.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.

Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.

He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.

He that lives not well one yeare, sorrowes seven after.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.