Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long read more

Some good lessons
Are also learnt from Ceres and from Bacchus,
Without whom Venus will not long attack us.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.

The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.

The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.