In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

He is praised by some, blamed by others.

A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.

A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.

The deafe gaines the injury.

The deafe gaines the injury.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.