Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

To make a mountain of a mole-hill.

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

The tongue talkes at the heads cost.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.

The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.