But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.

Reckon right, and February hath one and thirty daies.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a
living tomb.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.

Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.

The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.

The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.

The vertue of a coward is suspition.

The vertue of a coward is suspition.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.