Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

Great trees are good for nothing but shade.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.

Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.

Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.

No creature smarts so little as a fool.

No creature smarts so little as a fool.

Though old and wise, yet still advise.

Though old and wise, yet still advise.

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.