Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb..

Pow'r above pow'rs! O heavenly eloquence! That with the strong rein of commanding words, Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence Of men's affecti….

We come to know best what men are, in their worse jeopardizes..

Thus doth the ever-changing course of things Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; And that same day, that highest glory brings, Brings us unto the p….

Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gon….

Man is a Creature of a wilful Head, And hardly driven is, but eas'ly led..

Flattery, the dangerous nurse of vice..

And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowin….

The greatest works of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown. Out of distress and misery are grown..

But years hath done this wrong, To make me write too much, and live too long..

So false is faction, and so smooth a liar, As that it never had a side entire..

Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born, Relieve my languish and restore the light; With dark forgettin….

Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art..

Sacred religion! mother of form and fear..

When better cherries are not to be had, We needs must take the seeming best of bad..

The wise are above books..

Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born; Relive my languish, and restore the light..

This many-headed monster, Multitude..

This is that rest this vain world lends, To end in death that all things ends..

Love is a sickness full of woes, all remedies refusing..

And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world..