Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.

What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.

What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.

Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your
enemy.

Hit the nail on the head.

Hit the nail on the head.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.