To write a verse or two is all the praise That I can raise |
Valor that parleys is near yielding. |
Virtue and a Trade are the best portion for Children |
War makes thieves and peace hangs them. |
When a friend asks there is no tomorrow |
When God at first made man, / Having a glass of blessings standing by, / Let us (said he) pour on him all we can: / Let the world's riches, which dispersèd lie, / Contract into a span. |
Where your will is ready, your feet are light. |
Who says that fictions only and false hair / Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty? / Is all good structure in a winding stair? |
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking/ Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer. |
Words are women, deeds are men |
You must lose a fly to catch a trout |
You never know how you look through other people's eyes. |