A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.

The Physitian owes all to the patient, but the patient owes
nothing to him but a little mony.

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

A fair face may hide a foul heart.

A fair face may hide a foul heart.