Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

When you have set yourself a task finish it.

When you have set yourself a task finish it.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.

The Chollerick drinkes, the Melancholick eats, the Flegmatick
sleepes.

The act is judged of by the event.

The act is judged of by the event.