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How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of
gold?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not
discretion.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
He that measures not himselfe, is measured.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
