Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

Consider well what your shoulders are able to bear.

An idle head is a boxe for the winde.

An idle head is a boxe for the winde.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

He touches nothing but he adds a charm.

Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?

Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.

Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]

He burns us by his brightness. [We are vexed at his manifest
superiority.]