Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

When the mischief is done the door is shut.

We are born poets. we become orators.

We are born poets. we become orators.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.

The rose is often found near the nettle.

The rose is often found near the nettle.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]