'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more

Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.

Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.

Sleepe without supping, and wake without owing.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

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

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

Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]

Set good against evill.
[Set good against evil.]

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.

And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.