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APHORISMS, ADAGES, AND PROVERBS,
OF ALL AGES AND NATIONS,
JACOB CATS AND ROBERT FAR LIE.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FREELY RENDERED,
FROM DKSIGNS
BY JOHN LEIGHTON, F.S.A.
TRANSl.ATKD AXU EDITED, WITH ADDITIONS,
BY RICHARD PIGOT.
LONDON :
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS.
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LIBROS Y AMiaOS,
TO
WILLIAM STIRLING, ESQRe. (OF KEIR) M.P.
A LEARNED COLLECTOR OF THE PROVER-
BIAL PHILOSOPHY OF ALL AGES AND
NATIONS, THIS ATTEMPT TO REVIVE
A LOVE FOR EMBLEMATICAL
LITERATURE AND ART
IS DEDICATED
BY
lOHN LEIGHTON.
I.O.VDOh'— lido.
POCOS Y BUEtvJOS.
A aOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN A GOLDEN GIRDLE.
INTRODUCTION.
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5 Although the Typification of Moral truths and Doctrines by SymboUcal
CC Images and Devices had its origin in remote antiquity, and subsequently became
J favourite method of imparting counsel and instruction with the Greeks and Romans,
Q- it was not until the middle of the sixteenth century that it began to assume (first
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in Italy) the character of a distinct kind of literature.
I Towards the end of that centur)', the poetic genius of the erudite Andrea
> i Alciati, of Milan, imparted so pleasing an impress to this new style of literature,
as to direct thereto the attention of men of letters, with whom it soon became
a favourite medium for the diffusion and popularization of moral maxims applicable
to all the phases and circumstances of human life.
The Emblems of Alciati, written in Latin verse, and eulogized by such men
as Erasmus, Julius Scaliger, Toscan, Neander, and Borrichius, were soon translated
^ into the Italian, French, and German languages, and became so highly esteemed,
h that they were publicly read in the Schools, to teach youth the Art of Emblematic
_ writing.
Thus established, as an elegant and useful method of inculcating, both by
Word and Eye-pictures, the virtues of civil life ; men of learning, poets, and states-
0 men, in France, Holland, Germany, Spain, and England, vied with each other, as it
were, throughout the seventeenth century, in the cultivation of this branch of
Composition, insomuch that it had become a favourite and admired medium for
the diffusion of Religious, Social, and Political maxims, and maintained that position
in public favour up to the end of the eighteenth century.
In the seventeenth century, Printing, and its sister art Engraving, had attained
in Holland to a higher grade of perfection than in any other country of Europe ;
and, favoured by circumstances so auxiliary to the artistic illustration of works in
the then not inaptly-termed " Picture Language," the poetic genius of a Jacob
Cats found, in the pencils of Jan and Adrian Van De Veime, and the burins
of Matham, Pet de Jode, Verstralen, Van Bremden, and others, artistic exponents
worthy of his muse, and equal to his most ardent desires.
cg<a. WISDOM FREG^UENTLY CONG^UERS FORTUNE. -©^
WISDOM IS BETTER THAN RUBIES:
Introduction.
D. Jacob Cats, the eminent Dutch Jurisconsult, Statesman, and Poet, was bom
at Brouwershaven in the Isle of Schouwen, pro\'ince of Zeeland, on the loth ,
November, 1577. His father was a counsellor of some standing ; and his son Jacob
was first destined to the profession of the law. Having completed his course of phi-
losoph)-, he proceeded to the University of Leyden, to study jurisprudence. From .
thence he went to France, and was some time at the University of Orleans, where
■ he took the degree of Doctor of Laws. He subsequently went to Paris, and was ' uJ
Q very desirous to visit Italy ; but his family opposed his going thither, and he was | , t
Z obliged to return to Holland. Arrived at the Hague, he applied himself wholly to ' ' -^
5 jurisprudence, and was assiduous in his attendance at the Public Pleadings of the Q
most distinguished lawyers. To perfect himself still more in his profession, he put ^
{{j himself under the direction of the jurisconsult, Cornelius Van der Pol, one of the j
Qj most eminent pleaders of the Dutch Bar. Some time afterwards, Cats practised with 11
D I distinction at Zieuwreckzee, and at Brouwershaven. At this period it would seem he ~
(t applied himself no less assiduously to Poetrj', and not only became distinguished >
0 among the literati of Holland for the purity and elegance of his Latin verses, but q^
soon took rank as one of her first IjTists in his native tongue. Falling seriously 0
ill of an hectic fever, induced by over-application to study, he was ad\"ised by his q
physicians to seek a change of air. J
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Hereupon he repaired to England, and visited the Universities of Cambridge Q-
2 and O.xford. When in London he consulted the then celebrated physician. Dr. \^
W Butter, on the subject of the obstinate fever which still afflicted him ; but that 0
physician was not more fortunate in his prescriptions than those of Holland. Upon (p
0 I his return to his native country, he was eventually cured, says his biographer, Moreri, Q
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Distinguishing himself by his legislatorial and statesmanlike qualifications, no
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Official rank, and for several years filled the post of State Pensionary and Chief qj
Magistrate of Middleburgh and Dordrecht He was eventually promoted to the I
^ rank of State Counsellor and Grand Pensionarj- of the province of West Friesland, and
ffl made Keeper of the Great Seal of Holland. After filling these important Offices for li-
eighteen years, having now attained the age of seventy-two, he requested permission ,
[jj to retire into private life ; which was at length granted by the States. His valuable HI
Z senices were, nevertheless, once more required, and he was solicited to form a q
member of the Embassy sent at that time to England, to arrange a treaty of com- j
merce between the txo countries. After discharging the important duties therein |
delegated to him, he retired wholly into private life, and devoted himself with '
faculties still unimpaired to the Muses, up to the advanced age of eighty-three years,
when he may be said to have expired with the pen in his hand. Few men have left
behind them greater proofs of indefatigable industry than Jacob Cats ; and his
numerous l)Tical works are as rich in poetic genius as they are replete with evidence
of world-knowledge and genial with the love of mankind.
ITS FRUIT IS BETTER THAN OOLD.
HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE.
Introduction.
Would the limits allotted to this Introduction permit of a more detailed
account of the life and works of this highly gifted, good man, numerous incidents
and passages in both might be adduced, which would awaken in the breasts
of Englishmen and women (for he was especially the poetic champion of the
worth and virtues of the fair sex) an appreciation and esteem of his genius and
character, as great almost as that felt for him by his own countrymen and women :
among whom Father Cats, as he is affectionately called, is honoured as the bard of
Home and of the Domestic hearth, the still popular and revered instructor of his
countrymen in the Virtues of Social life, and in the Maxims of purest world-wisdom.
The " Moral Emblems" of Jacob Cats, to which Daniel Heinsius rendered
his tribute of eulogy, as also two of Holland's greatest lyrists, Hoogstraaten and
Zeeuwes, are almost unknown, even by name, in England, from being chiefly written
in the Dutch language, of which it has been truly said, that " it has been a language
too hastily neglected and despised by Englishmen."
They form, nevertheless, in the collect, a series of the most admirable com-
positions in Emblematic Literature which any language can boast, though written at
a period when the Dutch tongue, like the rest of the northern European languages,
was yet rigid and quaint in its structure, and so different in its orthographical style
and idiom to the Dutch of the present day, that to most modern Dutch scholars his
earlier works are almost a sealed book. Nevertheless, when Cats wrote in the verna-
cular of his day, the Dutch language, like that of his contemporary, Shakespeare, had
been developing capabilities of harmony combined with vigour of expression, quite
equal to our own, as an exponent of poetic thought and imagery, and was one in
which no writer of his day knew better how to speak to the feelings of his country-
men, and win their hearts by the pleasantly conveyed wisdom of his " household
words " than Jacob Cats.
By his " Sinne en Minne Beelden," and his " Emblemata Moralia et CEcono-
mica, " Jacob Cats first established his fame, both as a classical writer, an amiable
moralist, and a popular poet. The former written in Dutch and Latin verse, each
theme accompanied by a short distich in French verse, gave evidence both of the
versatility of his poetic genius and of his linguistic talent. The success achieved
by these compositions encouraged him to carry out his predilection for this style of
writing in a yet more extended form ; and some time after he gave to the world his
" Spiegel van den Voorleden en Tegenwoordigen Tyt," or " Mirrors of the Past and
Present Time," in which he emblematised, in Dutch verse, the numerous proverbs
and sayings of antiquity, together with the most popular and current adages of his
day, in most of the European languages.
The above-named Emblematic works comprise many hundred subjects, in the
treatment of which he evinced as much ingenuity as poetic grace, in working them
out so as to render them a charming Code of Moral Instruction, addressed alike to
the Youth of both sexes, and applicable to every phase of Civil and Political life.
INGENIO STAT SINE MORTE DECUS.
INaENUAS DIDICISSE FIDEUITER ARTES,
Introduction.
> To every subject of his "Word-Pictures, he appends, in support of the moral he
^ inculcates, the most pertinent quotations from the Ancient w-riters, and a most inte-
resting collect of Popular adages, bearing upon the sense of each theme.
From so rich a mine of Emblematic lore, the present volume forms, of course, ^
h but a selection from each of the above-named series, the subjects of which could not ^
Q therefore be placed in the same order as in the originals, without the appearance of
I- meagreness ; while the embodiment of the subjects selected in the present form will, q
it is hoped, be found more pleasing as a whole, and best calculated to give an idea
of the diversity of subject treated by the Author.
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^ excellence of Adrian Van de Venne's Designs for the illustration of the Dutch i
Folio Edition of Cats' Works, of which he made careful copies ; and Sir Wm.
Beech)', in his Life of Re)Tiolds, states that "Sir Joshua's richest store was Jacob j.
Cats' Book of Emblems, which his grandmother, a native of Holland, had brought "^
2 with her from that country."
Reproduced with the best appliances of Modem Art, in the Pictorial Illustration ^
of the word-pictures of the Author, the original designs of Adrian Van de Venne, in (O
a few instances only, have been deviated from, in so far as was deemed most con-
sistent with the more elevated taste of the present day in pictorial embellishment. i
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The Proverbs of the difterent nations, — that wisdom which of all others sprang y
from the bosom of the Peoples in every land, and was handed down from generation ~
< to generation, rather orally than by books, — form so pleasing and instructive a feature CD
in the Emblems of Cats, that they have been for the most part preser»-ed in their literal q
UJ garb of Cats' day, an adhesion to the original which it is believed will have a greater [jj i
y charm and interest for the student of Languages, curious to see the shape in which ^ \
Z ! the traditionally acquired wisdom of long past days was expressed until it reached us z
in the more polished garb of modern times. ^
Wherever admissible, passages from English and other Authors, having an affinity Qj
in sense, and moral, to the Emblem or theme, have been introduced, byway of ]| ?
Z j elaborating, or of giving more weight to the doctrine inculcated by the Author. The
appendage to this selection from Cats' Moral Emblems of a reprint of the now ' qj
^ exceedingly rare and curious Poems and Emblems of his contemporary Emblematist, \ ^
> the pious Scot, Robert Faroe, published in London under the title of " Lychnocausia," i ,
h in 1638, will, it is hoped, be considered a not unpleasing associate for the Dutch
^ moralist, and their juxtaposition in the same volume give an additional interest
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THE TRANSLATOR.
EM01_L.IT MORES, NEC SINIT ESSE FEROS.
NON QUO, SED GiUOMODO.
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PORTRAIT OF JACOB CATS — Under allegorical figure of Universal Justice, supported on one side
by Solomon, Confocius, and ^sop ; upon the other by Age instructing Infancy and
Adolescence, in the presence of Labour and Travel ; whilst in the background Peace and
Plenty aie contrasted with the violent acts of man against the will of Supreme Power. In
the centre foreground is a vase of flowers surrounded by choke-weeds — type of elevated nature
a constant prey to the coarser elements. On the base are sculptured bas-reliefs, " Suum
cuique" — Let each apply to himself that which him fits; "Bonus cum bonis" — The just with
the true Frontispiece, engraved by Leighton.
Page I None can clean their dress from stain, but some blemish will remain . . Leighton.
r" 4 / lurke and shine Green.
5 Act wisely and thou shall't be free Dalziel.
8 Diogenes LanUrne Dalziel.
9 Whither the breath of my mistress calls me Green.
12 llliilst I breathe, I hope Leighton.
13 If poor, act cautiously Whymper.
16 Light onely is 7ny praise . .' Leighton.
17 Rest content where thou art Green.
20 Better with a little De Wilde.
2 1 Love takes possession of the mind insensibly Leighton.
24 I lay open here onely De Wilde.
25 The inexpert are wounded Green.
28 Hence commeth my filth Leighton.
29 While we draw, we are drawn Green.
32 Upmiard Leigiiton.
MANY MEN, MANY MINDS,
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Pig( 33 Both sides should be seen Engraved by Leighton.
36 Darknesse addeth glory to me Leighton.
37 Who is hurtful to himself, benefits no one Green.
40 So I am undon by doing good Leighton.
41 The pot goeth so long to the water, til at last it commeth broken home . Green.
44 Wliilhcr my so::lc Green.
45 Play, but chastely Green.
48 My life is my death Leighton.
J 49 Hasten at leisure Leighton.
q; 52 So to die is miserable Leighton.
U _^3 Let your light shine before men Green.
56 The Laiitcrne leades the way Green.
57 Smoke is the food of Lovers Green.
UJ 60 Fire follmfeth smoake Leighton.
61 Each deplores his own lot Green.
64 I nourish myselfe DjVLZIEL.
65 Every flower loses its perfume at last Dalziel.
68 I will dye, hit I shall ascend Leighton.
69 Many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip Green.
Ill 72 Light me, I shal sigh no more Leighton.
^ 73 Love, like a ball, requires to be thrown back Dalziel.
UJ 76 Quickly or I am consumed De Wilde.
77 The biter bitten Green.
80 My light is not the lesse Green.
D 81 The branches may be trained, but not the trunk . . . . . . Leighton.
84 In T/aine thou puttest me out Leighton.
85 When slovenly servants get tidy, they polish the bottoms of the saucepans . Leighton.
88 'Tis better to tarry LEIGHTON.
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92 Altera extingiior. Altera accendor {The one puts me out, the other kindles me) Green.
-I ! 93 Play with the dog, and he'll spoil your clothes GREEN.
<( 96 /am consumed more, and shine less. (Magis consunior minus luceo) . Green.
97 Bees touch no fading flowers Dalziel.
100 You feared me whilst I shined Leighton.
loi One rotten apple infects all in the basket Jackson.
104 Farewell De Wilde.
105 I am touched, not broken by the waves Green.
108 I envie not thy light Green.
109 Birdes of one feather will flocke together Jackson.
112 If thou abroad, I at home Leighton.
113 The ripe pear falls ready to the hand Leighton.
116 My light escapes thee Leighton.
PERSEVERANCE VIENT A BOUT DE TOUT.
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Page m; Who has not felt love ? Ev graved by Q-e.-EtM.
1 20 Hao' slight Green.
121 The higher the rise the greater the fall Green.
124 Death finds the -way Leighton.
125 The hunchback sees not his own hump, but he sees his neighbour's . . Bolton.
128 In -ciaine tkou coverest me Leighton.
129 Enter not, or pass through Leighton.
132 Hd/'e, or else I dye De Wilde.
133 A hen lays ereiy day, but an ostrich only once a year Thomas.
136 Soyoii are borne for others Leighton.
137 When the eyes are won, love is begun Dalziel.
140 My light is darkness to thee Dalziel.
141 AVho cuts off his nose, spites his own face Green.
144 Spare me f>r future use Green.
H 145 Though taken to the water's brink, no blows can force the horse to drink . Green.
^ 148 0 morning starre, shew ye day Green.
q; 149 Excess of liberty leads to sei-vitude Green.
*^ 152 Nauplius his lights Green.
llJ 153 Who would learn to shave well, should first practise on a fool's beard . Swain.
J 156 At the bottom least and worst De Wilde.
157 What the sow does, the little pigs must pay for Dalziel.
160 On mine own cost Dalziel.
161 A ship aground, is a beacon at sea Green.
< 164 I seeke mine hurt ■ . . Leighton.
165 The goose hisses well, but it don't bite Green.
>- 168 The end tryeth all De Wilde.
m 169 With unwilling hounds it's hard to catch hares Leighton.
> 172 Thus must I be consumed quickly LEIGHTON.
173 A whole mill to grind a peck of corn Bolton.
176 Not under a bushdl Leighton.
177 The dogs and the bone Leighton.
180 I doe not put out myselfe Leighton.
181 No one can love Thetis and Galatea at the same time .... Harral.
184 The Virgins lampe De Wilde.
185 Within is emptiness Leighton.
188 It is a token that I shined Leighton.
189 When the wolf comes, the oxen leave off fighting to unite in self-defence . Green.
192 I save others, I waste myself GREEN.
193 While she weeps, she devours . Swain.
196 .Fessa tibi nunc lampada trado. (I weaiy give my light to thee) . . Leighton.
197 By yielding thou may'st conquer Green.
200 Compare small with great Green.
iS^S^S'^S^S^ ARE NEVER APART. -"SsS -s^jC-SvS;
AS MUSIC TUNES THE EAR, AND COLOURS TUTOR THE EYE,
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Page 201 Great cry and little wool Engraved by SWAIN.
204 Sursiin Pcto, deorsum trahor. (I bend up, and am draw-n down) . Leighton.
p. 205 Cripple will always lead the dance Leightox.
J 208 Hirostratiis his light LeighTON.
' 209 Fire, Cough, Love, and Money are not long concealed .... Leightox.
212 Death is gaine to me De Wii.de.
213 Every bird sings according to his beak Leighton.
[J 216 Aiit spkitdore atit siiii consumer. (Either by light or mouldiness I die) De Wilde.
D 217 Hares are not caught with beat of drum, nor birds with tartlets . . Evans
!0 I finde things lost Leighton.
! I The Gnat stings the eyes of the Lion , . Leighton.
7 224 How great a light Leighton.
< 225 Like melons, friends are to be found in plenty, of which not even one is good
in twenty Smythe.
Qj 228 I see all and say nothing Leighton.
Z 229 Every cock scratches towards himself Leighton.
232 An evill-doer hateth light Leighton.
_ 233 Well set off is half sold Dalziel.
I- 236 Finis De Wilde.
£ 237 One stroke fells not an oak Harral.
240 The End. Study me in thy prime, bury death and weary time . . Leighton.
cS^S^^^SkS^S. SO WORKS OF TASTE REFINE THE MIND. "-s^S-S^e-S^s:
WITH HONOUR, FAITH, AND NA^ITH THE EYE, TRIFLE NOT.
On fie peut dkrotter sa robe sans emporter le poll.
NONE CAN CLEAN THEIR DRESS FROM STAIN, BUT SOME
BLEMISH WILL REMAIN.
EJOW I've fplafh'd and foil'd my gown !
Hk With this gadding through tlie town :
How bedraggled is my (kirt,
Trapefing through the bye-ftreets dirt :
In what a ftate for me to be,
From this Town-life gaiety !
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FI1_L.E TROP EN RUE, E.ST TOST PERDUE.
Come girls here, come all I know,
Playmates mine, advife me, fhew
In this plight that I'm come to.
What is beft for me to do ?
How fhall I remove this ftain,
And reftore my gown again ?
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If I cut it out, there'll he
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Q. : Honeft maiden's drefs fhould bear.
^ I Pray then tell me fome of you,
What in this miftiap to do ?
Thus fo flut-like to be ftain'd,
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For wherever I may go,
People will look at me fo, —
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(5 I 'm not what I ought to be.
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If you would not foil your gown ;
Go not gadding through the town :
In the ftreets who plays the flirt,
Never yet efcaped fome dirt : — •
Run not therefore Eaft and Weft,
Home for girls is much the heft.
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VEEI- OP DE STRAET, LIGHT OP DE PRAET.
Maidens, wherefoe'er you go,
Walking, trav'lling to and fro ;
Over land or over fea,
In whatever way it be ;
In the Country or the Town,
Over meadow, dale or down,
Over hill or over moor,
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Keep your Clothes and Kirtles neat.
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silver and gold. — Pr-ovcrbs xxii. i.
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the latter endure for ever. — Phocvlides.
Shun the society of the depraved, lest you follow their pernicious example, and lose
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yourself with them. — Pl.ato.
Eer is teer. Honour is tender.
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Celle n'est pas entiferement chaste qui fait douter de sa pudicite'.
MUCH IN THE STREET, LIGHT OF REPUTE.
UASSES AND GLASSES ARE ALWAYS IN DANGER.
EFORE my Light was to the winds a fcorne,
My body Hkewife fubjedl to be torne ;
Now for -a fafeguard I this lanterne have.
So whilft I fhine from wrong it doth me fave ;
Even as the Diamond his light forth fends,
And with his hardnefle ftill himfelfe defends.
Honour is fubjeft to unconftant chance,
Nor can it without envy 't felfe advance :
Vertue to honour is a brafen wall.
Guarded with which, it is not hurt at all ;
And how fo ever Fortun's ftormes doe blow,
Yet Glory lurking thus, his light can fhow.
Farlie's Emblems.
'S>^ FIGLIE E VETRI SON SEMPRE IN PERICOLO.'S>:2;
STRAW BANDS \A^I1_I_ TIE A FOOL'S HANDS.
Fac Sapias, et Liber eris.
ACT WISELY AND THOU SHALL'T BE FREE.
UCH Men do is Folly merely ;
And if afked the reafon, why ?
Seldom, truthfully and clearly,
To the queftion they reply.
If reply they make, 'tis ever.
With them all, the fame excufe ;
And fame think the anfvver clever :
" 'Tis the Fafliion " — " cuftom "— " ufe ! '
so- CE G^UE ME LIE, C'EST MA FOLIE. -S^S
EVERY MAN HATH A FOOL IN HIS SLEEVE.
Thus it ever is with fools ;
Cuftom more than Reafon rules :
And where Reafon fhould be law,
Fafhion- — Cuftoms, flight as ftraw,
Stronger chains on them impofe,
Bonds more binding far than thofe,
Tyrants fince the world began,
Laid upon their fellow man.
He vainly boafls that he is free.
Who fears t' infringe on Fafliion's rule ;
3 For worfe than flave, already, he
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plures facere cceperunt, quasi honestius sit, quia frequentius, sequimur, et recti apud
nos locum tenet error ; S:c. — Sen. Epist. 58.
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3 "fXTHAT less, than Fool, and greater Fool, than he,
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^ Subject for Love, in each insensate whim,
0 And in her very faults of heart and mind,
0 A grace, to none apparent but to him !
Who sees not, when she most affects the Dove,
She but derides the passion he reveals :
And that most false when most she vows her love.
'Tis but to seem what least she is — and feels.
If true that, he who wills it may be free :
Who hath no Will, must have a lack of brains ;
A straw-tied Fool ! who for his stultity.
In Love, as in aught else, deserves his chains.
A WISE man's heart is at his right hand, but a fool's heart is at his left. — Eccksiastes x. 2.
FOLLY IS THE POVERTY OF THE MIND.
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1_TE that sendeth a message by the hand of a Fool, cutteth off the feet, and drinketh
damage. — Proverbs xxvi. 6.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a Fool returneth to his folly. — Proverbs .xxvi. 1 1.
Non ex omni ligno fit Mercurius.
Magna Negotia viris magnis committenda.
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By so much the more are we inwardly foolish, by how much we strive to seem
outwardly wise. — S. Greg.
Ex thymbra nemo lanceam conficiet ;
Neque ex Socrate bonum militum. — Athen. lib. v.
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Craves the joys of heaven to know,
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Bondslave of the flesh, below
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to the flesh, but by love serve one another. — Galatians v. 13.
The weak may be laughed out of anything but their weakness. — M. de Genlis.
Ij^ "\A/E talk of acquiring a habit ! we should rather say being acquired by it. Habit is
the janissary power in man ; Passion and Principle the antagonist revolutionary
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And bid the main flood 'bate his usual height ;
You may as well use question with the wolf,
Q Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ;
You may as well forbid the mountain pines
To wag their high tops, and to make a noise
When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven,
As seek to soften that (than which what's harder?)
A foolish heart. — Shakespeare.
A Nation deserves no better laws than those it will submit to. — Goethi-
The Nation, like the man who would be free.
Must merit first the rights of liberty.
A FOOL. IS LIKE OTHER MEN AS LONG AS HE IS SILENT.
FOOLS AND THE PERVERSE,
HOSE purchafe was his pouch, his houfe a tun,
Criticke of adlions whatfoever done.
That learned dogge, at noone-tyde tinn'd his hght,
Searching for one, whofe adtions were upright.
The Eagles young ones by the Sunne are try'd,
Mens adlions by the lamp are beft efpy'd ;
For men in day time mafkt with vizards goe.
Of truth and faith making an outward fhow.
But when they can nights fecret filence find.
Before the lamp they doe unmaflce their mind.
Happy is he whom Sunne and Lamp fees one.
Who's honeft ftill, though witnefTe there be none.
Farlie's Emblems.
FILL THE LA\A/YER'S PURSE.
AS THE WIND BLOWS, SO THE WEVELL aOES.
Dominie, quo me vocat, aura.
WHITHER THE BREATH OF MY MISTRESS
CALLS ME.
rfPORT of thy miftrefs' fickle mind,
O Haplefs lover ! turning ever
Like the wevell with the wind,
Haft not ftrength fuch bonds to fever ?
Look around thee, fenfulcfs lover! —
Fair as flie thou ll't many find ;
Many who pofTefs moreover,
Far more charms of heart and mind.
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Slave of her defpot frown or fmile ;
Haft no other will to guide thee,
Than her changeful will, who while
Ruling thee, doth but deride thee ?
He who thus fubjects his reafon
To a fickle woman's rule,
Merits juft as much derifion
As the witlefs ftraw-tied fool.
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UAM misere servit, cui mulier imperat, cui leges imponit, prasscribit, jubet, vetat
liiod videtur : qui nihil imperanti negare potest, nil recusare ; poscit, dandum
UJ est ; ejicit, abeundum ; vocat, veniendum : minatur, extimescendum .' — Cicero.
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That 'mid a world of change would stand aloof.
To stem the torrent with his vain reproof
To change opinion and yet constant be.
Is possible alone to such as he
Whose strength of mind is in its pliancy.
T JT acerbitates multas ac molestias evitemus, consilia ad eventus ac tempora flectenda
sunt. — Seneca.
Oportet enim tanquam in talorum jactu, ad id quod ceciderit, res suas acconimodare.
Pl.\to.
Leve fit quod bene fertur onus. — Ovm.
QuoNiAM id fieri quod vis non potest, velis id ([uod possis. — Terence.
Te.mpori enim cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis habitum est. — Cicero.
Decet id pati fequo animo ;
Si id facietis, levior labos erit. — Plautus.
THE \A/ISE MAN CHANGES HIS OPINION — THE FOOL NEVER.
GOD GIVES THE WILL, NECESSITY GIVES THE LAW.
T^HROW aside prejudice and tliou art saved. Who prevents thee from doing so ? —
Marcus Aurelius.
All things change — You yourself continually change, and destroy yourself in some
part. It is the same with the whole world.
We should take counsel of reason upon that which befalls us, and correct by our
prudent conduct the injustice of fortune, as a gamester repairs a stroke of ill luck by
his skill.— Plato.
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Necessitati ne quidem Dii resistant. — Erasmus.
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Matthew xi. 28.
Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire
beside thee. — Psalm Ixxiii. 25.
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ye shall find rest unto your souls ; for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. —
Matthew xi. 29, 30.
^S<S^<S^ IL. SAVIO, FA DEUUA NECESSITA VIRTU. -^rS^-^S.
WHAT CAN'T BE CURED MUST BE ENDURED.
THOUSAND evils this my life doth fpend.
At length fierce Boreas thereto puts an end :
My light, my heat, my flame and all is paft ;
Onely, whilfl: breath remaines, my hope doth laft.
This life of ours is toil to and againe,
Time and unconftant Fortune workes our bane :
Care kils us, griefe, difeafes doth outweare
This life. Death dragges us to the dolefull biere.
Fortune takes what fhe in the morning gave ;
Or enemies robbe and spoile what e're we have ;
Strength, beauty perifh, honours fiye away,
Falfe friends, when meanes are gone, they will not {lay.
Hope's onely conftant in adverfity,
Before ihe 's kild by death, fhe will not fly.
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Il_ FAUT SOUFFRIR CE QU'ON NE PEUT GUERIR.
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On the furface as you do ?
Deeper down you fhould be fvvunming,
That's the fitter place for you.
Here above, great fea-mews hover,
Keen of eye, and fwift of flight ;
And for fuch as you moreover,
Have a wondrous appetite.
WHO CLIMBS TOO HIOH,
NEAR A FALL.
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Here alone, the kings of ocean
May with fafety dare the light,
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Is much rather — down below.
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I- Like the porpoife and the whale,
"While fo heedlefs they comport them.
Danger muft their lives afi*ail.
1^ Little fifhes undertaking
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The rich man transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished.
ALU THINQS IN THEIR PLACES.
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CEEKEST thou great things for thyself? seek them not : for behold I will bring evil
upon all flesh, saith the 'LoxA.^Jcrciniah xlv. 5.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his
place. — Proverbs xxvii. 8.
A PRUDENT man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself ; but the simple pass on, and
are punished. — FroTerbs xy-wW. 12.
He that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction. — Fro7rrbs wW. 19.
"Y^HO shall go about
To cozen Fortune and be honourable
Without the stamp of merit ! Let none presume
To wear an undeserved dignity. — Shakespeare.
Poor and content, is rich and rich enough. — Ibid.
ro i Thraso is Gnatho's prey.— Lord Bacon. H
True happiness is to no place confined, "•
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y Felix est qui sorte sua contentus vivit. — Horace. '| —
Ne te quaesiveras extra. — Ibid. ■J
Cui non conveniat sua res, ut calceus olim, <(
Si pede major erit subvertit, si minor uret. — Ilnd. 1
Ne quid nimis. — Terence. ' .
Haud facile emergunt quorum virtutibus obstat i|
Res angusta domi. — Juvenal. :
Pauper amet cautfe, timeat maledicere pauper,
Multaque divitibus non patienda ferat. — Ovid.
Quid fuit ut tutas agitaret Daedalus alas,
Icarus immensas nomine signet aquas %
Nempe, quod hie altfe, demissius ille volaret.
Nam pennas ambo non habuere suas,
Crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit, et intr.\
Fortunam debet cjuisque manere suam. — Ovid.
Nullum Numen abest si sit Prudentia. — Juvenal.
HE WHO PITCHES TOO HIQH WON'T GET THROUGH HIS SONG.
ig^S^^S^S^a^S^ CONTENTEMENT PASSE RICHESSE. '©.S>^>s;-e>.^
IGHT is the Torches life of heavenly kind,
Thus to a fraile and greafie mafle combind,
To which the Painter beauty doth impart,
Giving it glofle and colour from his Art.
The painting's nought, light doth the Torch commend
Which firft was framed onely for this end.
It is our mind that doth our life approve.
Shewing our race derived from above.
Blind Fortunes goods, kins generofity
Youths ftrength, and beauties curiofity
Make not, unlefle the fpirit doe us feafon
With that Heav'n-bred fparkle of divine reafon.
Farlie's Emblems.
PRIDE THAT DINES ON VANITY, SUPS ON CONTEMPT.
G^UI EST BIEN, S^U'IL SY TIENNE.
I'ry dae-r gy zyt.
REST CONTENT WHERE THOU ART.
THERE is a Fifh, fo Fifliers fay,
Of mood fo giddy and io gay ;
So fond of glare and dazzling light,
That even in the darkeft night,
'Twill crowd thereto in fportive play,
And e'en more ready than by day
Become the wily Fifher's prey.
WHOSO IS WELL, LET HIM KEEP SO.
:S<S,<g<S,FATTI Tl MIEL-E E Tl MANQERAN l_E MOSCHE.-e>S>®>s:
The Fifher who thefe fifh would get,
Needs neither baited hook nor net :
A blazing torch, his only lure,
Fix'd in his boat, is far more fure
Than bow-net, feine, or hook and bait,
His fkiff in little time to freight.
For while his mates propel the boat.
As up and down the ftream they float ;
The fifli enchanted with the light
That makes a mimic day of night,
From far and near toward the blaze
5 Directing their enraptur'd gaze,
0 Swim up in fhoals, and fport around,
Till giddy with delight they bound
§ Into the fifher's bark, and there
Forfeit their life for love of glare.
Hi Thofe who on Love or Pleafure bent,
HI Leave their own home and element ;
And wander far to court the grace
Or win the fmile of ftranger face.
Of whom they nothing farther know,
Than their mere outward charm and show
uT Have frequent reafon to repent
They were not with their home content ;
^ And like the fifhes of our tale.
Their folly, when too late, bewail.
^ Wooers and wooed ! to both of you,
2 Alike applies a maxim true,
1 Which cannot be too oft repeated : —
Who far away a-courting goes.
Where one of t'other little knows.
Or goes to cheat^or to be cheated.
/^UIEN lejos va a casar
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O va a' enganar.
MAKE THYSELF HONEY AND THE FLIES WILL EAT THEE.
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Fallitur ignotis, aut fallit amator in oris.
Ut cephalum Venetis fallat piscator in oris,
PrEefiget parvre luraina magna reti :
Mox piscis, quil teda micat, salit, inque phasehim
Cum ruit, in prsdam navita promptus adest.
Quid tibi cum flammis, cum sint tua regna sub undis,
Quid salis in Cymbam stulte, natare tuam est ;
Ni cupiat vel fraude capi, vel fallere quemquam,
Errat, in ignoto littore si quis amat.
Domiis arnica, domus optima.
'"pHE finger of God points to home, and says to us all, " Tliere is the place to find
}-our earthly joy !" — Rev. J. Abbott.
If you find a young man who does not love home, whose taste is formed for other
joys, who can see no happiness in the serene enjoyment of the domestic circle, you may
depend upon it he is not to be trusted. — Ibid.
'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam.
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home ;
A charm from the sky seems to hallow us there.
Which, wherever we rove, is not met with elsewhen
Home ! Home ! sweet, sweet home !
There's no ijlace like home !— B. Cornwall.
3READ AT HOME IS BETTER THAN ROAST MEAT ABROAD.
TRUST, BUT NOT TOO MUCH.
Y Light is beft maintain'd with little Oyle,
Too much of that which feeds me, doth me fpoile.
Deluge of waters drownes the fertile ground,
Soft dropping raines makes it with grafle abound :
Riot in cheere the body kils and minde,
The meaneft fare, the beft for both we finde :
Rather in Mica than Apollo dine,
If thou wouldft wit and health ftill to be thine.
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TIME BRIN3S ALL THIN3S TO LIQHT.
Sensim amor sens us occupat.
LOVE TAKES POSSESSION OF THE MIND INSENSIBLY.
THOUGH fcarce at firft apparent to the fight,
The words which on the tender bark we write ;
Yet how diftin(ft, 'ere long, the letters fliew
In fize increafed, as with the rind they grow !
So by degrees, as on that lettered bark.
Doth Time expand to flame, Love's flighted fpark :
So to the germ of Vice in early youth.
Time gives the increafe with the body's growth;
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And errors deem'd at firft too flight to trace,
Spread to a depth no efforts can efface.
From fmall beginnings rife the fierceft flrife ;
Nor Love, nor Vice, at once leap into life :
The breeze at firfl fo zephyr-like and warm.
Is but too oft the prelude of the ftorm.
That fo it is ; how many have to grieve ! —
The mifchief when full grown we can perceive ;
But how it grew — we fcarcely can believe.
A MOR neque nos statim, neque vehementer ab initio, quemadmodum ira, invadit ;
neque facilfe ingressus, decedit, quamvis alatus : sed sensim ingreditur ac molliter,
^ manetque diu in sensibus. — Plutarch.
X Labitur sensim furor in medullas,
Igne furtivo populante venas,
Non habet latam data plaga frontem
^ Sed vorat tectas penitiis medullas. — Senec. Hippol.
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0 and woman was : therefore in this, as in the finest metal, the freshest wits have in all
ages shown their best workmanship. — Robert Wilmot.
"\X/'E are not worst at once — the course of evil
Begins so slowly, and from such slight source.
An infant's hand might stem its breach with clay ;
But let the stream get deeper, and Philosophy —
Aye, and Religion too — .shall strive in vain
To turn the headlong torrent. — Old Play.
Tempus omnia revelat.
Tertillian.
There is nothing covered tliat shall not be revealed : and hid that shall not be
known. — Mattheic x. 26.
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Tenera Pie tat is principia.
By degrees, until Chrift be formed in you. — Galatians iv. 19.
npILL we all come in the unity of the Faith, and of the Knowledge of the Son of
God into a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
— Ep/u-siaiis iv. 13.
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So indistinct at first appear to thee :
Of one day's growth was Virtue never known ;
The Light of Grace spreads by degrees alone :
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And then, the Sun, the World's bright eye,
Rises and gradual mounts the sky ;
Until at last his fullest ray.
Floods sea and earth with brightest day.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit
is better than the proud in spirit. — Ecclcsiastcs vii. 8.
DESERVE SUCCESS AND YOU SHALL COMMAND IT.
THE SUN Wll_l_ BRINa TO LiaHT WHAT UAY UNDER THE SNOW.
T^HIS little rift and chap workes all my woe,
Whilft thorow it fierce Boreas doth blow ;
A crevice is a city gate to death.
Who ftill in ambufh feekes to flop our breath :
A little chinke doth drowne the loaded barke,
A (lately houfe is burned with a fparke :
And one difeafe doth this our health annoy.
One wound our life is able to deftroy :
One finne can Soule and Body overthrow
Into the hell, and darknefie that's below.
Doe not a danger which is meane defpife.
From meaneft caufes greateft evils arife.
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WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE MEDDLE NOT.
THE INEXPERT ARE WOUNDED.
jO' S food for man, like many other fi{K,
\\^ A well drefT'd Thornback is a dainty difh ;
But in the cooking, lefs of art there lies,
Than how to hold it when you've caught the prize
For he who doth not know this fifh's ways.
And grips him juft as he would take another,
CUSTOM MAKES ALL THINGS EASY.
S^®.<?-®-<S-=^ NESSUNO NASCE MAESTRO. -S:^S'S>3>^§>2;
Moft dearly for his want of knowledge pays
With unexpedted pain, too great to fmother :
While the more fkill'd and cautious fifher, he
Seizing him firft by one gill, then the other,
Short work of him foon makes, and as you fee,
Laughs in his fleeve to hear his neighbour's pother.
IVon omnibus omnia.
All things are not good for all.
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What joy to one imparts ar.d is his gain,
Is both at once another's loss and pain,
And ev'ry day doth some example shew-
That one man's weal is but another's woe.
Arte cita? remoque rates veloque reguntur.
Arte leves currus, arte rcgendus amor. — Ovid 1. Amand.
Qui secundos optat eventus, dimicet arte, non casu.— Vecet. lib. 3 /// Pnef.
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Without knowledge meddle not.
DiLUis helleborum certo compescere puncto
Nescius quantum 1 vetat hoc natura medendi.
Wilt thou mix hellebore, who doth not know
How many grains should to the mixture go (
The art of medicine this forbids, I trow.
Felix quern faciunt aliena fericula cautum.
'T'HAT is a twofold knowledge, which profits alike by the folly of the foolish, and
the wisdom of the wise ; it is both a shield and a sword ; it borrows its security
from the darkness, and its confidence from the light. — Colton. Lacoit.
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T ISTEN, I pray you, to the stories of the disappointed in marriage : — collect all their
complaints : hear their mutual reproaches ; upon what fatal hinge do the greatest
part of them turn ? — " They were mistaken in the person." — Some disguise either of body
or mind is seen through in the first domestic scuffle :— some fair ornament — perhaps the
3 1 very one which won the heart, t/ie ornament of a meeJz and quiet spirit — falls off ; // is
not the Rachacl for whom I have served, — Why hast thou then beguiled me ?
Be open — be honest : give yourself for what you are ; conceal nothing, — varnish
nothing, — and if these fair weapons will not do, — better not contjuer at all, than con-
(|uer for a day : — when the night is passed, 'twill ever be the same story, — And it came
to pass, behold it icas Leah !
If the heart beguiles itself in its choice, and imagination will give excellencies
which are not the portion of flesh and blood : — when the dream is over, and we awake
in the morning, it matters little whether 'tis Rachael or Leah — be the object what it
will, as it must be on the earthly side, at least, of perfection, — it will fall short of the
work of fancy, whose existence is in the clouds.
In such cases of deception, let not man exclaim as Jacob does in his, — What is
it thou hast done unto me t — for 'tis his own doings, and he has nothing to lay his fault
on, but the heat and poetic indiscretion of his own passions. — Sterne's Sermons, vol. iv.
p. II.
EXPERIENCE TEACHES FOOLS.
l_A EXPERIENCIA ES MADRE DE LA SCIENCIA.
rfoMETIMES I was the brood of Gold'n-haird funne,
J^ More pure, more chaft, than Vefta's watchfull nunne,
Purer than Eafterne gemmes, than Saphirs bright,
Purer than Ophirs gold, than Rubles light,
Purer than Paftols gravell often try'd
In fire, and furnace feven times purify'd :
But fince the fates to greafe did me combine,
His filthy dregges are judged to be mine :
For why conjundtion doth contagion make.
And from th' impure the pure infeftion take.
The foule once plung'd into the body darke.
Forgets it was a chaft and divine fparke.
Farlie's Einblems.
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TON NON MOUVOIR, MOUVOIR ME FAIT
WHILE WE DRAW, WE ARE DRAWN.
SEEK to move thee to my mind :
But in fo doing, this I find ; —
That 'tis not I who give to thee
The fond emotion I would fee ;
But thine immobility,
That moves me rather, more to thee.
Strange ! that the coldnefs of thine heart,
Should thus to mine more warmth impart;
iS'^ THINE IMMOBILITY MOVES ME.
WHO IS GOD SAVE THE LORD? WHO IS A ROCK SAVE OUR GOD?
And thus, what I would draw, to fee
Draw me, who would the drawer be !
The more thou doft my pray'r deny.
Alas ! the more I burn and figh.
Lamenting Love's perverfity.
Jdtrahens, abftrahor.
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That which moves, is at reft !
riOY) the Immoveable Rock, moves s.\\.— Psalm xviii.
Every good gift and e\ery perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the
Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning.— y<7OT<'i" i. 17.
S<a,cg«^S,S«S.s<S, DIEU N'A RIEN FAIT QUE DE BON. 'S>S'®^e>'SsS'SsS'-®<.
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Omne mot urn non in moto movetur,Jed in quiefcente, et id quod jnovet, quiejcit.
Herm. Pamaiid. cap.
TMMUTABLE, yet changing all
On high, around, below ;
Immoveable, yet moving all
The way that all should go : —
Fount of all Life and Light,
All Good, all Love, all Grace ;
Encompassing with thought and sight,
Eternity and space : —
All Peace, all sweet repose and rest,
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^ j that we do not see. The grandeur of God is infinite ; alone He is all ; for He
wills and directs His work. — Seneca.
^ ! An Eternal God moves this mortal world ; an Incorruptible Spirit breathes life into
^ I our frail organs — Cicero.
We cannot understand God other than as a simple, free Being, divested of all
perishable admixture : knowing all things, impressing motion upon all, and enjoying in
0 and of Himself an eternal activity.
How do the Heavens speak to us ? In what language doth it instruct us ? The
seasons run their course ; all is reborn, all things are renewed. It is with this eloquent
silence that they discourse to us the great Secret Principle by which all is moved. —
Confucius.
Mon Dieu conduisse moy, par la voie ordonnee,
Je suivray volontiers, de peur qu'un fort lien
Ne m'entraine mechant, ou en homme de bien
Je pourrois arriver, suivant la destine'e.
The Prayer of Kpidetus. Le Sieur du Vair. {Manuel d' Epief.)
BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT FEARETH THE LORD.
FY light from whence it came, mounts ftill on high
Unto the fource of light that's never dry.
Like as the Rivers to the Ocean runne,
From whence their fecret fountaines, firft begun ;
Like as the ftone doth to the center fvvay ;
So to the Spheres my light ftill makes his way.
No joyes, delights, and greateft weights of gold.
Nor pampering pleafure faft our foule can hold.
The panting foule refts not, untill it fee
His maker God, a Tri-une Deitie.
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REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY; AND AGAIN I SAY REJOICE!
1_A PEUR EST GRAND INVENTEUR.
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MASK, leen firft in front, by children's eyes,
Strikes them with terror and with wild furprife
But would'ft reftore to calm the urchin mind,
Avert the face, and let them fee behind.
With men no lefs, how oft doth it appear,
The worft interpreter of things is Fear !
How oft the crowds of men and women grown,
Quailing like children at fome form unknown —
FEAR IS A GREAT INVENTOR.
FOOLISH FEAR DOUBLES DANGER.
Or when fome found unufual ftrlkes their ear,
Fly, to meet ills far worfe than thofe they fear!
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And calmer wait t' examine and to fee
The how, or end of what the thing may be;
Puerile as that which fill'd the child with dread,
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And fcann'd with coolnefs, learn more probably.
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Tene, tene — quem ? quis ? nescio — nihil video.
I'm lost, undone, I'm kill'd, oh whither shall I flee?
Whither shall I not flee?
Hold ! hold ! whom ? what ? who ? I know not— I do nothing see.
The novelty of the danger is not unfrequently its chief and only terror.
i^QUAM memento rebus in arduis servare mentem.
In peril, still preserve an unmov'd mind.
And oft no peril in the thing you'll find.
APPEARANCES ARE DECEITFUL-
FEAR ARGUES A DEGENERATE MIND.
A DHIBE rationem difficultatibus, possunt et dura molliri, et angusta laxari, et gravia
scitfe ferentes minus premere. — Seneca.
Terror absentium rerum ipsa novitate falsb augetur ; consuetudo autem et ratio
efficit, ut ea, etiam quK horrenda sunt natura, terrendi vim amittant. — Plutarch in Mor.
Mors larva similis: tremor hinc, nihil inde mali^
I Corinth, xxv. 54.
Death, u'hcre is thy Sting 1
T^ 'EN as the mask, in front seen, only, fills
The mind of children with a panic fear,
So Death by men is feared : yet least of ills.
Alike of both the terrors disappear
When seen by Reason's light on every side.
And why fear Death, ere we its nature know \
'Tis but a livid mask, which, seen behind.
Hath terrors none, but balm for every woe,
Hope, peace, and comfort to the righteous mind ;
Opening to realms more bright, the portals wide.
pUERI larvas timent, ignem non timent ; sic nos timemus mortem qure est larva,
contemptu digna, peccatum non timemus. — Chrysostom, j^cw. ^ ad Pop.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Death, I will fear no evil :
for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. — Psalm xxiii. 4.
The Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom shall I fear ? The I-ord is the strength
of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? — Ibid, xxvii. i.
Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? — Matthew viii. 26.
Sic nos in Luce timemus. — Lucret. /. 2.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. — Psalm cxvi. 15.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ :
which is far better. — Philippians i. 23.
Present fear begetteth Eternal security : Fear God, which is above all, and no
need to fear man at all. — S. August, super Psal.
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In fable clouds did mantle up heavens light,
When ftarres are vail'd, and Phoeb' her homes doth hide.
Laying her creflet and attire afide.
The more nights fogge doth mafke the fpangled fpheare,
The more in darkenefle doth my Light appeare ;
Nights foggy cold doth make my flame more ftrong,
And light's more glorious pitchy clouds among.
If you together contraries parallel.
By contrary oppofition they excell.
Vertue compare with Vice ; and you fhall fee,
This fhew his glory, that his infamie.
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HE IS A QREAT FOOL WHO FORGETS HIMSELF.
Sibi nequam, cui bonus.
WHO IS HURTFUL TO HIMSELF, BENEFITS
NO ONE.
AKE Love with cheerful heart,
Vi, Of what ufe thoughts ot fadnefs ?
Do as the Partridge doth,*
That fattens on Love's gladnefs :
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avium rege, crocodilo dentes scalpente et se saginante.
HELP THYSELF, AND GOD WILL HELP THEE.
SELF-PRESERVATION IS THE FIRST LAW OF NATURE.
The while he feafts his fill, no lefs
Doth fervice to the Crocodile.
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les rigueurs de ce qu'on aime. — La Rochefoucauld.
Non id agis, quod agis.
Publica pra-texuntur, privata curantur.
QuELQUE personage que Fhomme joue, il joue toujours le sien \
Montaigne.
VyiTH Public men, great fault the Public find,
That while the business of the State they do,
They shew themselves the while somewhat inclin'd
To look to self, and mend their own state too.
In this withall, we see not much to blame ;
And those who most the impulse oft condemn,
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AVouId — ten to one— in office do the same,
1 I Or even worse than those whom they contemn.
In this as in all else 'tis the excess
That constitutes the fault, and those alone
Who steer the middle course, the best express :
"Serve well the Public ends, but serve thine own."
(3 The wisest Statesman of a surety,
^ Is he who lab'ring for the Public weal,
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^ And feel for that for which none else would feel.
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IT IS GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS IN ALL PARTS.
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To cleanse his fetid teeth with beak and claws.
That bird so pretty ! should a taste display
For food so filthy, doth too well pourtray
And symbolise the grosser appetites
Which some men shew for sensual delights ;
And who while doing service as they seem,
The service of their bellies most esteem.
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their
shame, who mind earthly things. — P/iili/>. iii. 19.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.— /"/vr. ix. 17.
HE \A/HO WOULD TAKE MUST GIVE.
HILST ftormy winds about the Lantenie rage,
The light ought to have lurked in his cage ;
Untimely love undoes him, while he lends
His Light, loe how his harmelefle life he fpends.
When troops of enemies befiege the wall.
For feare of hurt, fhut gates, though friends doe call.
If that a friend accompanyed with a foe
Doth come, feare neighbour danger, let him goe.
If thou lov'ft to be charitable, doe
So good to others, that it hurt not you.
F.^rlie's Emblems.
QUIEN G^UIERE TOMAR CONVIENELE DAR.
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De Kanne gaet soo lang te water, totse eens breeckt.
THE POT GOETH SO LONG TO THE WATER, TIL AT
LAST IT COMMETH BROKEN HOME.
LAS! Alas! What have I done?
Oh ! Woe is me this day :
My Pitcher's broke! — all from this fun, —
This filly, romping play.
Oh! fad! what will my Mother fay?
Her words have come too true !
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NEaUIGENCE AMENE DECHEANCE.
On me alone the blame fhe'll lay,
Whatever fhall I do ?
And yet full many a time and oft,
In this fame Pitcher too,
I've water drawn both hard and foft.
Nor had mifhap to rue :
Pumpt water in ano thrown it out.
And pumpt it full again,
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l_ So heedlefs of her fay —
The warning fhe would give to me,
And, almoft ev'ry day !
But here about young fellows are
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U- Pull girls about fo much, nor care ;
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0 It I won't fpeak, he'll fulk, or teafe
Whene'er I pafs his way.
Q. And I'm good natur'd too I know,
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Q I love a laugh fometimes, and who
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And fo it was juft now, although
I did all I could do.
For Water firft my way to go.
When Hans he joined us too.
Then there began a game all round
Of running — jibe and joke.
When down we came upon the ground,
And I my pitcher broke !
IDI_E MEN TEMPT THE DEVIL..
AS YOU SOW SO MUST YOU REAP.
And thus I've found the faying true,
I've many times heard fpoken,
" The Pot that goes too oft unto
The Well, at laft gets broken."
TpANT va la cruche k I'eau, que le manche y demeure.
Der Krug gienge fo lang zur buch
Bis er zu lest zerbruch.
Der Krug gehet so lang zum brunnen, bis das er bricht
lU' Tantes va la secchia al pozzo, che vi lascia il manico.
— CoNSUMiTUR peccando saspiiis pudor.
Tanto va la capra al cavolo, che vi lascia la pelle
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Une folie est tost faite.
Let ! vrysters ! wie ontruet u gaen
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A foolish thing is speedy done.
Avoid too much Familiarity.
JT is unwise both to use and to permit too great Familiarity. Who become
familiar, soon lose the superiority which their previous reserve gave to them ; and,
consequently, their credit. We should be familiar with none — never with our superiors,
because it is dangerous ; nor with our inferiors, because it is derogatory ; and still
less with the vulgar, whose ignorance renders them insolent, and, unable to perceive
the honour that is done them, they presume that it is their due. Familiarity is one
of the tendencies of a weak mind. — Gracian.
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is — spotless reputation ; that away,
Men are but gilded loam, or painted clay. — Shakespeare, Rich. III.
L'OISIVETE EST MERE DE TOUT VICE.
I_E MECHANT EST COMME l_E CHARBON,
ND loth'ft thou me, my Soule, loving to goe
Elfewhere, I pray thee whither, let me know,
Was thou not all this while my deereft mate,
My gueft, my convoy, confort in eftate ;
While I did florifh, thou didft conftant prove,
My times are darkned now, fo is thy love ?
Soule. Here as a captive to a keeper, fo
I tyed was with thee, at lift, to goe,
Banifht from home : loe now my bonds are loofe.
Thou dy'ft, I glad runne to my fathers houfe.
Soules bond with body hardly maketh breach,
Yet this doth dye, and that Heav'ns dwelling reach.
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S'll_ NE VOUS BRULE, ll_ VOUS NOIRCIT.
BE MERRY AND WISE.
PLAY, BUT CHASTELY.
HE cunning Hedgehog, with inftinftive art,
Li ball-like fhape, rolled up, upon the ground.
With open hole-like mouth, knows well his part,
T' entrap the giddy mice that fport around.
And lo ! when one, more prying than the reft.
Draws near, to peep within a hole fo nice.
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The Hedgehog fnaps him up with eager zeft,
And moufey pays for peeping, in a trice !
Let caution guide your fport, be what it may ;
For where expedled leaft, feme fnare may lay :
And Venus' boy was painted blind of yore,
For that in darknefs he worked mifchief more.
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Amor latebricolarum hominum corruptor. — Plaut. Trin.
Detur aliquid stati, sit adolescentia liberior, non omnia voluptatibus denegentur.
Dummodb ilia in hoc genere praescriptioque moderatioque teneatur, parcat juventus
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So is't with those who most to wrong intend ;
They first assume the semblance of the friend :—
And e'en sometimes to make the cheat more sure.
Some favour offer, or some loss endure :
Till having gain'd the vantage ground they sought,
And luird suspicion with most fair pretence,
Their too reliant dupe at length is caught,
And rues too late his ill plac'd confidence.
SUPPORTER PEU, POUR EMPORTER TOUT.
^S<&^ GIVINQ IS FISHING. ■'S>S-
Vigor ingentibus negotiis par, eo acrior, quo soinnum et inertiam magis ostentat.
Tacitus.
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Fraus in parvis fidem sibi piv-estruit, ut, cum opera; pretium est, cum mercede
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the Angels, and glory to God, who opposeth us, that we may contend, and as.sisteth
us, that we may conquer.— S. Bernard in Scr.
DONAR SI CHIAMA PESCAR.
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As all agree to nourifh this my light
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Aire maketh way for flame, Earth builds a pyre.
My moifture feeds the ftill confuming fire.
Still as I fliine by light, by light I dy,
As caufe of life, fo of mortality,
It was Prometheus fault who ftole away
Heav'ns fire, and joyn'd it to his mortall clay.
Moifture doth heat, and heat doth moifture quale.
That dryes our body, this makes it dampe and fraile,
That which doth give, doth likewife fpend our breath ;
The firft of being, is firft houre of death.
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ONE SWALUOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER.
Yl, met Wyl.
HASTEN AT LEISURE.
^If^HE Peach-tree with too eager hafte
jl To fhew its bloflbms to the fun,
Gives oft its pretty bloom to wafte
Before the frofts of Spring are done.
Much wifer is the Mulberry,
Which only thinks its leaves to fhew.
IRUNDO NON FACIT VER.
;S-®Kg^^S.;2==S' HASTE MAKES WASTE. '^>S>-«>2>-a>^
When leaves are green on ev'ry tree,
And rofes have begun to blow.
They moft enfure Succefs and Praise,
Who, guided by the Rule of Reafon,
Do fitting things on fitting days.
And drefs as most becomes the feafon.
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D'AiiANDEL bloeyt vroeg, de Moerbesy laet ;
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That which is well done.
Dress drains our Cellar dry.
And keeps our Larder lean. — Cowpek.
Fond pride of Dress is sure a very curse.
Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. — BEXjA>nx Franklin.
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\]i no repose. — La Rochefoucauld.
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Quid ratio nequit ssepe sanavit mora. — Seneca, Agarii.
Si quid benfe factum velis, tempori trade. — IbiJ.
Da spatium tenuemque moram, mal^ cuncta ministrat
Impetus. — Statius .
Differ, habent parvre commoda magna mora;. — Ovid.
The mean, is the point nearest to Wisdom : it is better not to reach it at all,
than to over-run it. — Chinese Proverb.
Let Reason guide you at all times, even in the most unimportant things.
Pythagoras.
HASTY SPEED DON'T OFTEN SUCCEED.
HASTE TRIPS UP ITS OWN HEELS.
Avoid doing that which may draw down upon you the reproaches and the envy
of your neighbours. — Pythagoras.
Know your opportunity, and do not speak before-hand of that which you will
do. Should your project fail, you will furnish subject for ridicule to those who are
jealous of you. — Thales.
Esto Cultii modicus.
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^ requires some aid to improve its lustre. This observation has been also
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m ornaments or auxiliaries to the Beauty of Woman.
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Su-SPECTA semper ornamenta ementibus.
Veel vlaggen, luttel boters.
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of
wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel. — i Pder iii. 3.
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@]j[*HE Crafts-man did me of pure tallow frame.
And made me fit to nourifh heav'ns flame ;
One thing remain'd, that I fhould take with fire,
When feafon due, and fit houre doth require :
Loe how the rats catching me all alone.
With envious teeth my body ceafe upon ;
I dye before my day, they life prevent;
Before I live, my livelefTe body's fpent:
I dying could with teares my death bemoane.
But this untimely death doth yeeld me none.
The infant fo oft doth it felfe entombe.
Before it fee the day, in mothers wombe.
So by untimely death youths hope decayes,
Which might have well deferved many dales.
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;g»®-S«S, THE LORD IS MY LiaHT AND MY SALVATION. -S^S-Sj^
Luceat Lux Vejlra coram Hominihus.
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN.
NXIOUS, tempeft tofT'd and weary,
To the feaman's gladden'd fight,
'Mid the night-ftorm, what fo cheery
As the gleaming beacon's hght ?
Though the wild waves wilder threaten.
Calmer now, he fleers his way
SHEW ME THY WAYS, O LORD; TEACH ME THY PATHS.
:g=<S,WE ARE NOT BORN FOR OURSELVES AUONE.-e»S
To the long defir'd haven,
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dangers : give us grace to hold a middle course betwixt Scylla and Charj'bdis, that
both dangers escaped, we may arrive at our Port secure. — S. August. Solilcq. cap. 35.
O Light inaccessible, in respect of which my Light is utter darkness ; so reflect
0 I upon my weakness, that all the world may behold thy strength : O Majesty incompre-
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Propos'd to all men ; and by them to Thee. — Quarles, Hieroglyph
He does wickedly, that does not shew the right to one who is in the wrong.
VIRTUTIS ENIM L-AUS OMNIS IN ACTIONE CONSISTIT.
aOD IS A LIGHT THAT IS NEVER DARKENED.
■pjEAVEN doth with us, as we with torches do,
Not Hght them for ourselves ; For if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touched.
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Cum judex, alios quod manet, ipse facit. — Ovid.
0 Lord ; who art the Light, the Way, the Truth, the Life ; in whom there is no
darkness, error, vanity nor Death : the Light, without which there is darkness ; the
Way, without which there is wandering ; the Truth, without which there is error ; the
Life, without which there is Death : say, Lord, let there be Light, and I shall see Light,
and eschew darkness ; I shall see the Way, and avoid wandering ; I shall see the Truth,
and shun error ; I shall see Life, and escape Death : Illuminate, O illuminate my blind
Soul, which sitteth in darkness, and the shadow of Death j and direct my feet in the way
of Peace.— S. August. Soliloq. cap. 4.
YET A LITTLE WHILE IS THE LIGHT WITH YOU.
HE THAT DOETH OOOD, IS BETTER THAN THE aOOD HE DOETH.
HEN ftormie Boreas puts the feas in rage,
And fwelling waves intefting warre do wage ;
When fun is darkn'd, when night doth heav'n confound,
And foaming billowes give a difcord found.
My light then leads the way through reeling ftrands.
Guiding by Scyllas rocks, Charybdis fands.
Here we are toffed in a maine of feares ;
But Chrift our admirall the lanterne beares ;
Leaft we fhould fufFer fliipwracke in the night,
He leads us through all dangers by his light.
Who then wouldft come to Heav'ns long wifht-for bay.
Follow thy Saviour who 's Truth, Light, and Way.
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THE PRACTICE OF DOING GOOD ENGENDERS GOOD WORKS.
LOVERS LIVE BY LOVE, AS LARKS BY UEZEIKS.
Fumo fascuntur amantes.
SMOKE IS THE FOOD OF LOVERS.
HEN Cupid open'd Shop, the Trade he chofe
Was juft the very one you might fuppofe.
Love keep a fhop ? — his trade. Oh ! quickly name !
A Dealer in tobacco — Fie for fhame !
No lefs than true, and fet afide all joke.
From oldeft time he ever dealt in Smoke ;
AMANT, TON BONHEUR N'EST G^UE VAPEUR.
AS JET DRAXA'S A STRAW,
Than Smoke, no other thing he fold, or made :
Smoke all the fubftance of his ftock in trade ;
His Capital all Smoke, Smoke all his ftore,
'Twas nothing elfe; but Lovers afk no more —
And thoufands enter daily at his door !
Hence it was ever, and it e'er will be
The trade moft fuited to his faculty : —
Fed by the vapours of their heart's defire.
No other food his Votaries require ;
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Omnia speramus, promissaque vana fovemus
Molliter: et faciles ad nova vota sumus.
Interek totum paupertas possidet sevum,
Csecaque volvendo somnia, vita peril. — Daxiel Heyxs.
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Which blindly creeps through every vein and dries
The fluent blood, whence grosser vapours rise,
Sadding the soul with fearful phantasies.
It is to be all made of fantasy,
All made of Passion, and all made of wishes ;
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Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart,
Attended on his throne by all his guards
Of furious wishes, fears and nice suspicions. — Otwav.
O MIGHTY Love ! from thy unbounded power.
How shall the human bosom rest secure ?
How shall our thoughts avoid the various snares?
Or Wisdom to our cautioned soul declare
The different shapes thou pleasest to employ,
^^'hen bent to hurt, and certain to destroy ! — Solomon.
There's nothing half so sweet in Life as Love's young Dream. — Moore.
SO DOES BEAUTY LOVE.
AS TOUCHWOOD TAKES FIRE,
Love and Hope.
I HAVE heard many say :
Love lives on Hope ; they knew not what they said.
Hope is Love's Happiness, but not its Life.
How many hearts have nourished a vain flame —
In silence and in secret, though they knew
They fed the scorching fire that would consume them.
Lighter than air Hope's summer visions die ;
If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ;
If but a beam of sober reason play,
Lo ! fancy's fairy frost-work melts away.— Rogers.
Sir Kenelm Digby, in his Private Memoirs, makes a lover say, "I will go to the
other world to preach to damned souls that their pains are but imaginary ones, in
respect of them that live in the hell of love." — P. 38.
Love is a species of Melancholy. — Burton.
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■jV/TRS. Carter was for half an hour one evening entirely in love with a Dutchman ;
and the next morning she took a dose of algebra fasting, which she says
entirely cured her. — Memoirs, vol. i. p. 36 — 7.
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QTRANGE, and passing strange, that the relation between the two Sexes, the Passion
of Love, in short, should not be taken into deeper consideration by our Teachers
and our Legislators.
People educate and legislate as if there was no such thing in the AVorld : but ask
the Priest, ask the Physician — let them reveal the amount of Moral and Physical
results from this one cause.
Must Love be always discussed in blank verse, as if it were a thing to be played
in Tragedies or sung in Songs — a subject for pretty Poems and wicked Novels, and
had nothing to do with the prosaic current of our every day existence, our Moral
Welfare and Eternal Salvation ? Must Love be ever treated with profaneness, as a mere
illusion % or with coarseness, as a mere impulse 1 or with fear, as a mere disease % or
with shame, as a mere weakness ? or with levity, as a mere accident ? ANHiereas it is
a great Mystery, and a great Necessity, lying at the foundation of Human Existence,
Morality, and Happiness— mysterious, universal, inevitable as Death. Why, then, should
Love be treated less seriously than Death ? It is as serious a thing. — Mrs. Jameson.
SO DOES AN IDLE PERSON LOVE.
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
HO fearft outragious Vulcans damned ire,
And wouldft be fafe from night-furprifing fire ;
Put out the flame, the fmoaking fnuffe supprefle,
Leaft from the fmoake the fire it felfe redrefle ;
For fire is next to fmoake, and oft its feene.
That reaking fnufFe a blazing fire hath beene.
Who feares the damned fire of inward luft,
And Cupids flames, obferve this rule he muft.
Hearts concupifcence, 'fore it 's vehement,
Looke that in words he fufFer 't not to vent ;
For words are fmoake of burning hearts defire ;
Smother his words, he needs not feare the fire :
But otherwayes a wanton complement.
Doth blow his fire, and makes him give confent.
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CONTENT IS HAPPINESS.
SuiC qtiemqiie Forttaue parnitet.
EACH DEPLORES HIS OWN LOT.
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When they find no IfTue more,
Feel the ftronger wifh awaken
To be where they were before :
But the Fifh that fee them in it.
Think it far more pleafant there ;
And they ftrive their heft to win it.
Swimming round it ev'rywhere.
THOU SHALT NOT COVET.
COVETOUSNESS BRINGS NOTHINa HOME.
Thus it is that men, hke Fiflies,
Ne'er contented with their lot.
Ever reftlefs in their wifhes.
Craving more than what they've got; —
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to eveiy vicissitude of life ; neither poverty nor distress, neither losses nor
disappointments, neither sickness nor sorrow, can affect its equanimity. — Dr. Brewer.
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Men always desire more than they possess, yet scarcity has been the ruin of fewer
People than abundance and repletion. — Theogxis.
I AM richer than you, if I do not want things, which you cannot do without.
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And, deaf to folly's call, attends
The music of the mind.
Carter.
HE THAT IS WARM THINKS ALL ARE SO.
cs^'^ BE CONTENT WITH -s>:g;
PLL living things with others lofle maintaine
Their life, not (o my harmelefle light I gaine.
The plant doth feede upon the fertile foile ;
And bruitifh hearts the pleafant plants doe fpoile ;
So harmelefle beaft, and bird, and fifh must dy.
To pamper mans too licorifh gluttony.
But of condition though I mortall be ;
Yet this my Light is onely nurft by me.
The moft of men doe live by others lo/Te,
Whilft others goods they to themfelves engrofTe :
So man proves wolfe to man, and robbery gives
Moft gaine to him, who moft unjuftly lives.
Thrice happy 's he, who's of his ftate content,
As if it were CrafTus or Crcefus rent.
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SUCH THINGS AS YE HAVE.
;S^s,<S^^ BEAUTY IS NO INHERITANCE. '©^'S>^
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All the lefTons Flowers teach,
And that each of them in turn
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In the early violet's bloom,
Modest mien, and fweet perfume,
BEAUTY IS THE SUBJECT OF A BLEMISH.
BEAUTY AND FOLLY ARE OFTEN COMPANIONS.
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Witching Beauty of the eye,
Ev'ry charm of form and face,
Whatfoe'er their winning grace.
Have their Emblem of decay
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BEAUTY IS BUT DROSS IF HONESTY BE LOST.
BEAUTY IS A BLOSSOM.
Maiden, there is fomething too,
Woman's Beauty ne'er defied.
Though as rich in charms as you.
And as full of youthful pride.
You have hut to look at me,
And you may that fomething fee,
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And in little time deface, —
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[j] I That which Virtue doth beget,
^ ' Fadelefs^ — bright — beyond compare :
Make that Beauty your's, fair maid;
Time o'er that can caft no ftiade ;
And when wrinkled that fair brow,
'Twill be fairer far than now, —
With a Beauty that fhall gain
Lafting Love in God's domain.
As for Man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so he floiirisheth.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone : and the pLice thereof shall know it no
iioie. — Psalm ciii. 15, 16.
FRETTINESS DIES QUICKLY.
VANITY HAS NO GREATER FOE THAN ITSELF.
UCH is lights love to Heaven, that ftill above
It mounts, and cannot to the center move ;
Hold you it under, it will upward reach.
And through its ruinous body make a breach.
Our foule doth bend our bodies ftraight and even,
As with it felfe, it would them raife to Heaven ;
But all in vaine it undergoes fuch toyle.
The body will not leave its native foyle :
Age puis it downe, and makes it ftoope full low,
Till death doth give his fatall overthrow
Then through the bodies breach the Soule doth rife.
And like a conquerour, mount to the Ikyes.
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EN AMOUR, EN COUR, ET A l_A CHASSE,
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WIFT, through the flood, cheer'd by his mafter's praife,
With vig'rous ftroke the Spaniel cleaves his way,
And lo ! already with his ardent gaze.
He marks the wounded wild-fowl as his prey.
CHACUN NE PREND CE C^U'll- POURCHASSE.
HOPES AND FEARS CHES^UER HUMAN LIFE.
Near and more near upon the bird he gains,
And as the fpace that parts them fmaller grows,
With fpeed increafed, he plies the foot and strains
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Nox esse sapientis prrefidere constanter iis, qux aliter e\enire nata sunt.— PoLvn.
Fere libenter homines id quod volunt, credunt. — C.v.sar.
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WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE.
O FALLACEM hominum spem, fragilemque Fortunam ! et inanes nostras contentiones 1
qiu-e in medio spatio SKpe franguntur et corruimt ; et ante in i])so [jortu ol)ruuntin-,
quam portum contingere jjotuerunt. — Cicero. 3. de Orat.
Plerumque homininii proprium est quod ratione difficile cognoscunt, id sibi
cupiditate et spe facile fingere. — Fransc. Giucciard. Hist. lib. 4.
^\'E readily believe what we wish. Our wishes are fathers to our thoughts. We
believe unwillingly that which we do not wish.
Fortune is fond of change ; she allows herself to be possessed, and she escapes from
us. Dost thou suffer from her fickleness \ Learn to bear it with patience. — Pvthagoras.
^ God's Providence, alike in the Smiles and Frowns of Fortune.
? Ferendum et Sperandum.
Qj 'T'HAT Fortune is so changeful in her moods,
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In her so fickle nature we should see
That which our changeful nature best befits.
The only diflf'rence lies therein ; that we
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Which like the Shadow of the Dial, mark
Their silent progress — but a progress still,
Not the less certain that it seem to us
Less evident, because insen.sible !
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A\'ith faculties that change with ev'r)- day
Their pow'r t' enjoy, or estimate aright
The lights and shades which fall across our path ;
We still repine ungrateful for the Light,
And deem the Shadows more than we can bear :
And this withal, forgetful of that Power
Who in His Wisdom, wiser far than we.
Knew best what our frail nature would befit.
To make us that He will'd that we should be.
\\'\\.\\ humble joy bear Fortune's transient smile,
Nor let her frown to discontent beguile :
With stedfast Hope, Columbus-like, at last
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VI E FIATO VI E SPERANZA.
THOUQH THE BIRD'S IN THE NET,
HEN as my Light with beames did brightly fhine,
And ftarre-light was but equall unto mine ;
I was in great requeft and fet above,
Was deare to all, who faw me, did me love :
Now breathing fighes, and languifhing I grone :
I'm hatefull to my felfe, belov'd of none.
If once againe my light beginne to burne.
With it my light and honour fhall returne.
When Fortune ftanding on her flippery ball.
Doth favour, then are we admir'd of all ;
But if fhe frowne, then flatterers flye away,
No friends abide, if once your meanes decay :
O but if Fortune change, and fmile againe.
Then fawne thefe flatterers, and beare up your traine.
Much like the Sea thefe Clients flote and flow;
And Fortune turnes her coat, at every fhow.
Farlie's Emblems.
S^^S'Cg^S^IT MAY QET AWAY Y E T . "Sj^^S^S;
LOVE, LIKE A BALL, REQUIRES TO BE
THROWN BACK.
I'AIDEN fair! if you would learn
Well to play this pleafant game ;
You muft ftrike in quick return.
So that I may do the fame.
Should you fiil to ftrike at all.
And that I make play alone,
SWEET IS THE LOVE THAT MEETS RETURN.
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Then the fhuttle 's fure to fall,
And the game at once is done.
Mark, fweet maiden, when I ftrike.
And attend to what I fay :
Tennis and Love's game alike
\1 Need a quick return of play :
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Love, of Love's at once the Price,
- And Reward that Love loves beft ;
Nothing can to Love fuffice,
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If from me to Love you'd learn,
Love ; and be my Sweetheart true ;
But if you give no return,
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Et Pretium, et IMerces solus Amoris Amor.
Beneficium non est aurum, sed Amor per quein datur.
Amor eiiim Beneficii anima. — Vii/. Seneca ^f Bciicf.
Divinissimus est, (|uem redamarc piget prius amaiuem.
August, di Aiiwrc divino-
LOVE WILL CREEP WHERE IT CANNOT GO.
LOVE IS THE TOUCHSTONE OF VIRTUE.
Ama a chi t'ama,
Rispond a chi ti chiama.
Antwoord dieje vraegt,
Mill dieje Liefde draegt.
Answer him who calls unto you.
And love him who brings Love to you.
Una mano lava I'altra, e le due lavano il viso.
L'une main lave I'autre, et les deux le visage.
Als d"eene hant d'ander wast, soo wordense beyde reyn.
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Ilium cjuem fieri vix puto posse meum. — Ovin. £/'. Helen.
A.MDUK est d' Amour recompense.
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S=^ FOLLOW LOVE AND IT WILL FLEE;-^>=SJ
HEN I this wifht-for light to tinne defire,
I proftrate crave it from this flaming fire ;
From whence if light come not in fitting time,
I am confum'd before the light be mine.
Whofe meanes are fmall, whom Fortune favours not,
They take their patrons mercy for their lot ;
To them their fupplications they dire6t.
Attending ftill with homage and refped ;
Delay undo'th them, makes them fpend their oyle,
Their hopes grow lefle, and greater is their toyle ;
Unlefle their Patrons timely fhew their love :
For gifts, by timelv giving, double prove.
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FLEE LOVE, AND IT WILL FOLLOW THEE.
!IGH up in air, the fea-mew fpies
An oyfter lying on the ftrand,
Gaping with open fhell t' inhale
The fummer breeze from off the land.
To feize the lufcious morfel quick —
With fudden fwoop and deadly pick,
The fea-bird darts his horny beak
Between the oyfter's fhell :
HOLD-FAST IS A GOOD DOG.
FORCE WITHOUT FORE-CAST IS OF UITTUE AVAIL.
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The bird is by the oyfter caught !
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Success nor riches to their good avail.
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^S^a-S'^ A HASTY MAN NEVER WANTS WOE. '&^'S^g;
FORTUNAM CITIUS REPERIAS C^UAM RETINEAS.
HARM seek, harm find.
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Qui mal cherche, mal trouve.
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Comme on fait son lit on se couche.
Tute hoc introisti, tibi omne est e.xedendum. — Terence.
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Not by labour, but by the blefl'ing of the Lord.
'T^HE oy.ster without change of place, or toil,
Prospers in peace, and easy takes his spoil :
The sea-mew, restless, sweeps the shore and main
In quest of food, and, little oft to gain :
The oyster toils but little, yet he thrives ;
The sea-mew, less from his great toil derives ;
And so all labour is in vain, unless
God of His blessing doth our labour bless.
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T SAW under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,
neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
npHE Righteousness of the upright shall deliver them : but transgressors shall be
taken in their own naughtiness. — Proverbs xi. 6.
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof,
when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. — Proverbs xxv. 8.
Without counsel, purposes are disappointed. — Proverbs xv. 22.
He that is greedy of gain, troubleth his own house. — Proverbs xv. 27.
FORTUNE IS EASIER TO FIND THAN TO RETAIN.
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ENG^UIRE NOT, WHAT IS IN ANOTHER'S POT.
HE glaffie gulfe joyn'd with Earth's globe in one
Gives waters to the rivers, loofeth none ;
The Sunne that makes fo many glorious dayes,
Doth loofe no light, and ftill he waft's his rayes :
The Loadftone to tlie iron gives vertue rare,
And yet no wayes his owne he doth impaire ;
So this my torch can give to others light,
And ftill, as is his wont, fhine perfect bright.
Thus Divine Wifdome doth communicate
Herfelfe, that others may participate.
The good more common, better is, and grace
Wifheth, all were partakers of her cafe.
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THE BRANCHES MAY BE TRAINED, BUT NOT
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translated by the learned Polygot D. Erpenium, who was Professor in the high
school of Leyden. This saying admonishes all parents and guardians that the years
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of childhood only are fitted for instruction, and that therefore a special regard
should be had to them for that purpose. "Bend the neck of thy child whilst he
is yet young, so that he become not stiff-necked," saith the Lord. Many sayings of
our time, either in word or spirit, and frequently in both, correspond with that divine
admonition. In allusion hereto, Scaliger in his day, cited in his Collection of Proverbs
as coincident in meaning the French adage :
ViEiL arbre mal aise h. redresser.
Alte Bjiume sind bose zu biegen.
Alte Hunden boss biindig zu machen.
Old dogs are hard to train.
Eth moet vroeg krommen dat een goede reep worden sal.
To make a good rope it must be bent early.
Men mag sijn oude schoenen verwerpen ; maer niet sijn oude seden.
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Gewohnte maeckt eelt.
Custom makes things hard.
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What the young man has learnt sticks to hnn through life.
NuTRiTURA passa natura.
Della matina si cognosce il buon giorno.
L'h.wer cura de putti
Non e mestiere de tutti.
Tagvri adeth gaiet mischkhiuldur. — Turkish Proverb.
Id est,
It is difficult to change customs.
Tepoi'Ta o opOovv, <l>Xai'pov, 09 I'et/) Trecrot.
Arisioph. <?///(/ Snidiim.
Li esi,
Erigere durum est, qui cadit juvenis, senem.
Annosam arborem transplantare. Eodem sensu adagiiim refcrtiir ab Erasmo.
Castigar vieja, y espulgar pellon, dos rivancos, son.
'Tis Education forms the common mind ;
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.
Train up a child in the way he should go : and when he is old, he will no
depart from \\..— Frov. .xxii. 6.
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'HOU goeft about mifchiefe and ftill doft feare,
Leaft this my light 'gainst thee fhould witnefTe beare ;
So having put me out thou think'ft to worke
Thy will, and yet in fecret ftill to lurke.
Thou art deceiv'd, the darknefte of this cell
Containes a light, that fees the loweft hell.
But thou a Want, canft not perceive this light,
Neither difcerne Sun-ftiine from cloudy night.
Then flialt thou fee it, when the Deity
Shall kindle that fparke which in thy breaft doth ly.
What e're thou doft, looke to that Light which made
All Lights, and ftiines as day in midnight fhade.
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jfls morsige lieden Kuys warden, soo schuerense de Panne van achleren.
WHEN SLOVENLY SERVANTS GET TIDY, THEY POLISH
THE BOTTOMS OF THE SAUCEPANS.
OOK at thefe Girls ! — When they firft came to me,
They were fo fluttifh and untidy both,
I never had a faucepan fit to fee.
And fcarcely ever a clean kitchen cloth.
But now it is a pleafure to behold ;
They are become fo wondrous clean and neat ;
NEITHER A L.OC3, NOR A STORK, GOOD JUPITER.
TOO MUCH IS STARK NAUGHT.
I never have to rate them, nor to fcold,
Nor ever now an order to repeat.
They're fcouring, fcrubbing things continually,
'Tis rare indeed fuch girls as them to meet ;
Their kitchen's quite a palace, as you fee,
And look, their drefler ! isn't it a treat ?
They never now require to be told
A fingle thing : and, what is even more,
I'm often now almoft obliged to fcold,
They've got fo over nice, 'tis quite a bore !
They're now what I call cleanly to excefs,
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'Tis juft the way with foolifli people all,
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^ In th' oppofite extreme too oft they fall, "
And of a virtue then a folly make.
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And, where he fquander'd thoufands once, will make his meal of crumbs.
The niggardly, when he the part of liberal would play,
Is generous beyond his means, to give, to lend, or pay.
But both are in excefs, and act in oppofition quite
To Sense and Reafon's rules for doing e'en the thing that's rigiit.
So be advifed by me, my friends, and keep within the mean ;
The path of Light, the line of Right, lies all extremes between.
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Medio -mlissimus ibis.
Il n'y a banquet que de chiches.
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Zu wenig und zu viel
Verderbet alle Spiel.
Zu viel ist ungesund.
Al zu scharft" macht schartig.
Il molio e '1 poco.
Rompe le givoco.
Ni tan hermosa que mate,
Ni tan fea que espante.
Ni tant belle, qu'elle tue :
Ni tant laide, qu'elle espouvente.
Noch y ! noch fy.
Ogno bel givoco vuol durar poco.
Tien la Strada di mezzo.
Perge via media : medium tenuere beati.
Qui commence a etre libe'ral, devient prodigue.
Baullu curium etion vetra mensaran carnadu. — Turkish Adage.
O.MNis intemperantia est a tota mente ac a recta ratione defectio. — Cicero.
Incidit in .Scyllam cupiens vitare Charybdim. — Horace.
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About one Vice, and fall into another;
Betwi.xt excess and famine lies a me^n ;
Plain, but not sordid ; though not splendid, clean. — Pope.
Never exaggerate.
'T'HE Wise never speak in the superlative, for that mode of speech always ofiends
either Truth or Prudence. Exaggerations are so many ijrostitutions of reputation,
inasmuch as they expose the shallowness of the understanding and the bad taste of
the speaker. Exaggeration is a species of lying ; he who exaggerates shews himself to
be a man of bad taste, and, what is worse, a man of mean intellect. — Gijacian.
TOO MUCH CORDIAL WIUl- DESTROY.
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TOO MUCH COURTESY, TOO MUCH CRAFT.
Y Light into a fnufFe is almoft turn'd,
And now the candle to fmoaking afhes burn'd.
Behold another Light ftands ready by,
Which to enjoy my place will make me dye.
Yet not unpunifh'd it puts out my breath,
My very afhes doe revenge my death.
So doth the fonne his Father make away.
If not with fword, with griefe, before his day,
That he his Fathers goods and meanes may joy,
Which Nemefis revenging doth convoy.
For oft the fpendthrifts goods fo evill gotten
Are fpent before his Fathers bones are rotten.
Far lie's Emblems.
DO BUSINESS,
JUT BE NOT A SLAVE TO
PROSPERITY aAlNS FRIENDS,
IFhen the [Find serves, all aid.
HO claimeth kindred with the Poor ? '
So few ! that 'twas the reafon why
The queftion was firfi: put, no doubt, —
And truly ! it doth much imply.
Replete with meaning are thofe words,
Though few — to picture and exprefs
In time of yore, as even now,
Man's all-abforbing felfifhnefs.
ADVERSITY TRIES THEM.
CHANCE OF FORTUNE IS THE LOT OF LIFE.
The fage* who said in antient days:
" When the ftrong-box contains no more,
And that the kitchen fire is out,
Both friends and flatt'rers fhun the door,"
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^ Is daily feen on every hand :
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Let Fortune with propitious winds
jjj Waft but the laden bark to fhore,
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Officious zeal to help and aid
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On ev'ry hand the harpies cry ;
0 'Tis eafy rowing in the wake
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*t : The Drones and Idlers of our kind.
Prey on the labours of the Bee,
And fatten on what others find.
The Foxes of the human race.
The Beavers of their own defpoil
y Craft, lord it in poor Merit's place,
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tC Tenipora si fuerint nubila, solus eris.
Aspicis ut veniant ad Candida tecta columbrc,
Accipiat nullas sordida turris aves ?
LUCK OR ILL LUCK IN THIS WORLD.
A' THINGS HAE AN END, AN' A PUDDING HAS TWA.
Horrea formicce tendunt ad inania nunquam :
Nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.
Utque comes radios per solis euntibus umbra est :
Cum latet hie pressus nubibus, ilia fugit :
Mobile sic sequitur fortunae lumina vulgus :
Quse simul inducta nube teguntur, abit. — Ovid, i. Trisf. 8.
Granaro vuoto formica non frequenta. — Italian Proverb.
Op ledige solders en komen geen Kalanders. — Dutch Proverb.
Wer da liegt, iiber dem liiuft alle Welt hin. — German Proverb.
Parente con parente
Guai k chi non ha niente.
Vrienden sijn vrienden, maer wee diese van doen heeft.
A BON vent chaque sainct aide.
In borsa serrata, amico non si trova.
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Vier-en-tvvintigh in een loot.
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DiEWEiL die Henn' Eier legt, legt man ihr auch. — Old German Proverb.
While the Pot boils, Friendship blooms.
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L'homme pauvre est toujours en pais e'tranger. — Juan Rufo, Apoph. 541.
The Vulgar find Friends neither in Prosperity nor Adversity : because in the former
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Interest makes all seem Reason that leads to it. — Drvden, Sec. Love.
The noblest Friendship ever shown,
The Saviour's history makes known.
Though some have turned and turned it :
And whether being crazed or blind,
Or seeking with a biassed mind,
Have not, it seems, discerned it. — Cowper.
;s?®^C5^S-<2>^'S<s, Al_l_ BITE THE BITTEN DOG. -"S>.s;-S^g^a^-S>S
THE MORE SERVANTS, THE WORSE SERVICE.
HILST I did fhine fierce Boreas put me out,
Againe he kindles me at the fecond bout :
As fometimes did the clowne, now Boreas doth,
Both heat and cold he breatheth from his mouth.
The billow whom it caft into the maine.
Returning threw him in the Shippe againe ;
Fortune throwes downe, then raifeth from the ground ;
Achilles fpeare doth cure whom it did wound.
LofTes prove good to fome ; whom Greece condemnd.
The Perfian for his vallour could commend.
Be not cast downe, difpaire not at mifchance,
God who hath crofled thee, will thee advance.
Farlie"s Emblems.
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TOO MUCH FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT.
Faites feste au chien, il te gastera ton habit.
PLAY WITH THE DOG, AND HE'LL SPOIL YOUR
CLOTHES.
S in the garden yefterday,
In full Court fuit, I coax'd our Tray,.
And with each friendly pat and ftroke,
The ufual words of kindnefs fpoke ;
He in return for my carefs,
Sprang up, unmindful oi my drefs.
^■^\.fK FAMIUIARITE ENOENDRE LE M EPRIS. •^•3^
S^=S' PLAY WITH AN ASS, AND HE
And with his dirty feet and nofe
Befmear'd my handfome cloak and hofe.
In fpite of all that I could fay,
To keep in bounds his ruthlefs play ; —
Grown bolder flill, the vexing brute.
As though intent to fpoil my fuit,
Jump'd up again — my {hoe-ties foil'd.
My fatin knee-bows fray'd and fpoil'd ;
Till finding all my chiding vain,
}^ His wanton fondnefs to reftrain ;
I In wrath I kick'd th' unmanner'd hound.
And laid him fprawling on the ground.
I- As with the brute, with man no lefs.
Q. The friendfhip of th' uncultur'd mind
^ Is irkfome oft, from fheer excefs
^ Of zeal to do the thing that's kind.
Q I However friendly you may be
0 Difpos'd your ferving-man to treat,
Let not your partiality
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r; With equal care your fondnefs fhew,
IL When you your child or dog carefs :
For both alike as little know.
How far the friendfhip may tranfgrefs,
I- That ruffles felf-love through the Drefs.
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Cria corvo, y sacar te hal el ojo. — 0/d Spanish Proverb.
Les enfans et serviteurs il ne les faut mignarder, si tu veux en jouir.
Faites feste au chat, il vous sautera au visage.
Niniia familiaritas parit contemptum.
II troppo conversar partorisce dispregio.
Nui.u te facias nimis sodalem.
Caudebis minus? Et minus dolebis. — Martial.
Jamais trop compagnon ^ nul ne te feras :
Car Lien que moins de joye, moins d'ennuy tu auras.
WILL WHISK HIS TAIL IN YOUR FACE.
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S»=S.S<a.^<S-S^=S.<2^^ DO NOT SPUR A FREE HORSE. •'§^C©.:S-SnS>^>S>'5>s:
Chose accoustume'e
N'est pas fort prisee.
A CASA de tu tia,
Mas no cada dia :
A case de tu hermano,
Non iras cada ferano.
A la maison de ta tante,
Mais pas tous les jours :
A la maison de ton frere ;
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TN eos qui Iseduntur ab iis, de quibus bene meriti sint, aut in ingratos. Nam plerunque
solet id usu venire illis, qui catulos luporum enutriunt. — Erasm. in Adagio.
Qui se fait brebis, le loup le mange :
Qui se fait porceau, se met dans la fange :
Amignotte ton enfant, et il te donnera niaint effroy :
m Joue-toi avec lui, et il te contristera.
Ne te joue point avec un homme mal appris.
0 TN reverse sense of what has been said above, the Hebrew proverb saith, " If your
^ friend be sugar you must not eat him all up," /. c. that we must not require too
(5 much of those who are willing to serve us ; that we should never misuse any one's
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I use nor whip nor spurs to ply
The mare I ride ? — It is that she
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AMiene'er a horse goes willingly :
And this I hold : — From horse nor man
That willing gives, take all you can :
Nor is he wise who tries his friend
Beyond his will to give or lend.
Who overloads his ass, no less
T' obtain his wish the worst way chooses
His ass stands still from sheer distress.
And greed of gain the market loses !
11- NE FAUT PRENDRE DE SON AMI TOUT CE QU'ON PEUT.
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TK jOW Boreas puffing in his boiftrous ire
Jl Blows as he were to kindle Vulcans fire :
He doth undoe me by his churlifhnefle,
I am confumed more, and fhine the lefTe :
He fpends his labour, fo I lofe mine oyle.
As no wayes fit to undergoe fuch toyle.
You beat the Afle lingring under his load.
The generous Horfe deferveth not a goad :
The Mufes fonnes cannot away with lafhes.
Which are more fitting for Arcadian afles.
Each ftrength within his limits, Nature bounds.
Which who fo pafleth. Nature he confounds.
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cS^'DE ROSE FUETRIE NUL. NE SOUCIE.-^^s;
Turpe Senilis Amor.
BEES TOUCH NO FADING FLOWERS.
T"HE Rofe round which of late in fuch dilport,
So many came t' admire and to court ;
With drooping head now mourns that fhe fhould be
By all forfaken fhe was wont to fee.
No gentle Zephyr now as yefter-noon,
Comes near to revel in her fweet perfume ;
THE FADED ROSE NO SUITOR KNOWS.
WEALTH MAKES WORSHIP.
No Butterfly with wings of varied hue,
Now hovers near, and ftays his flight to view
Her full-blown beauties — nor as hitherto.
To kifs from off her breafl the pearly dew :
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•Apes i marcidis floribus abstinere solent : mortuis, ait Plinius, floribus ne quidem corporibus insidunt.
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So fares it ever with the rich and great
To poverty reduc'd by adverse Fate :
Few know them then, or their acquaintance boast ;
Not even those who fawn'd on them the most ;
Smil'd when they smil'd, and made without a cause
Each look and word their subject for applause ;
In sordid worship of that wealth and state
Which grov'lling minds then pay towards the great.
Then like the Rose deserted by the Bee,
When all its wealth of sweets has pass'd away,
Each shuns the fall'n, nor merit more can see
In him whose call they truckl'd to obey.
X/fY lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ; and my kinsmen stand afar
off. — Psalm xxxvii
M.\NY will entreat the favour of the prince, and every man is a friend to him that
giveth gifts ; [But] all the brethren of the poor do hate him : how much more do his
friends go far from him ? — Prov. xix. 6, 7.
Some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy
affliction. In thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants :
[But] if thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and will hide himself from thy
Q face. — Ecdcsiasticiis vi. 10 — i
** A FRIEND cannot be known in prosperity, and an enemy cannot be hidden in
adversity. In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved, but in his adversity
even a friend will depart.— 77'/(/. xii. 8, 9.
Wealth maketh many friends ; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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time of trouble will be against him. There is a companion which helpeth his friend
for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy. — Eiclcsiasiiciis xxxvii. 4, 5.
Where the carcase is, there the eagles will be gathered together. — Matt. xxiv. 28.
Cum Fortuna manet vultum servatis amici,
Cum cedit, turpi vertitis ora fuga. — Ovid.
:g>^S<S^S^S,S=^ RICH MEN HAVE NO FAULTS. -S>«--S^S-^-^-s>^
ri-ATTERERS HAUNT NOT COTTAGES.
HEN as my Light much like an ev'ning ftarre,
Did caft his glittering beames both neare and farre ;
Then light me glorious, flame me dreadfull made,
And none injurioufly durft me upbraide ;
But when my Light into a fnufFe did turne,
And cloth'd with darkenefle, I did ceafe to hurne,
Loe how without defence I naked ftand,
Thus torne and rent by this devouring band.
Glory, as envy, (o it terrour lends
To Mortals : Majefty it felfe defends ;
But after treacherous Fortune flies away,
To an unarmed dwarfe its made a prey.
F.arlie's Emblems.
MEN USE TO WORSHIP THE RISING SUN.
SP^ONE ll_I_ EXAMPLE SPOIUS MANY aOOD.'S^
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ONE ROTTEN APPLE INFECTS ALL IN
THE BASKET.
FAIR Maid! who comes fo oft this way,
Your fruit of me to buy !
In guerdon of your kindnefs, pray !
Before my fruit you try, —
Give ear to what I have to fay,
For I would fervice do
To fuch as buy of me to-day.
Good cuftomers like you !
ONE MANGY SHEEP SPOILS A WHOLE FLOCK.
BETTER BE AUONE THAN IN BAD COMPANY.
Full many years have I fold fruit,
And well its nature know ;
As that of ev'ry herb and root,
That in the garden grow; —
And this I've found, and heard it too
From all who fruit have grown, —
" However fine and frefh to view.
The good, keep beft alone."
No rotten pear, however flight
The token of decay,
But foon as e'er it meets the fight.
It fliould be thrown away :
For be the damage e'er fo fmall.
In little time, I've known
The taint will often fpread to all.
From that one pear alone.
I've had of Jargonels a lot.
As found as fruit could be.
All from one apple take the rot.
And prove fad lofs to me.
Nor is there fruit that ever grew,
When fpoil'd in any part.
But foon fpoils all that's near it too.
So take thefe truths to heart :
A tainted grape the bunch may fpoil ;
A mildew'd ear, the corn in fhock ;
A fcabby fheep, with rot and boil.
Infect and kill the finefl flock.
Hence, maiden, I would have you know
The ill that evil contact brings
To all the finefl fruits that grow.
And fairefl maids, like other things.
Seek only all that's good to learn ;
Thine ears from evil counfel turn ; —
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GiUI SE COUCHE AVEC DES CHIENS SE L.EVE AVEC UES PUCES
/^ lUCCIARDINI, in his Book entitled "Hours of Recreation," says that it is a
singular and sure way to acquire a knowledge of the inner nature and
character of a person, if one diligently observes the kind of society he most
frequently keeps :
For two of a kind, whate'er they be,
Are forthwith certain to agree,
as Cicero said formerly when speaking of Cato : because Nature always inclines to its
like ; and hence, specially applicable to the foregoing subject is the Spanish proverb :
Di me con quien iras
Dizir te he lo que haras.
Tell me, with whom thou goest.
And I'll tell thee what thou doest.
To shun evil company is therefore one of the most important things to be
impressed on the mind of the youth of both sexes ; and the extent of mischief
which it leads to, may be well inferred from the writings of David, a man after
God's heart, and of Solomon, the wisest of kings ; both of whom gave this subject
the first place in their writings. David in his first Psalm, and Solomon in the first
chapter of his Proverbs, coincide with the sense expressed in the Proverbs of all
nations, as may herein be seen :
He that handles pitch shall foul his fingers.
Handelt gy't peck,
Gy krygt een fleck.
Brebis rogneuse
Fait I'autre tigneuse.
One rotten sheepe wille marre a whole flocke.
La mancana podrida
Pierde a su compannia.
Unica prava pecus inficit omne pecus.
Dum spectant laesos oculi, laeduntur et ipsi. — Ovid.
Grex totus in agris
Unius scabie cadit, et porrigine porci :
Uvaque conspecta livorum ducit ab uva. — Juvenal, Sat. 2.
Wer unter den Wolfen ist, muss mit ihnen heulen.
Ein reudig Schaf macht die ganze Heerde reudig.
EiN schurft schaep maeckt'er veel.
Die by de kreupelen woont, leert hincken.
Vuyle gronden bederven de Kabels.
Die met den goeden omme gaet,
En acht ick noyt myn leven quaet.
S<S,S<&. HE WHO KENNELS WITH WOLVES MUST HOWL. 'BsS:-B^^
KEEP YOURSELF FROM OPPORTUNITIES,
^LAME goes to heav'n, from whence it once did come,
^ Bids earth adue, and what it hath therefrom.
The fnuffe to afhes, fmoake turnes into ayre ;
Lights beauty 's gone, which fometime was fo faire ;
When Death hath giv'n his laft and fatall blow.
Our foule to Heaven, our Earth to earth doth goe ;
Riches and honours, which it once did love.
The Soule now lothes ; and feekes to dwell above :
Learne Mortals, all falfe pleafures to contemne,
And treafures, which the foule muft once condemne :
Seeke rather for the graces of the minde,
Which you your convoy to the Heaven will finde.
Far lie's Emblems.
AND GOD WILL KEEP YOU FROM SINS.
EVERY SUITOR IS NOT A HEART- BREAKER.
I AM TOUCHED, NOT BROKEN BY THE WAVES.
T ev'ry feftive hoard th' admir'd gueft,
At ev'ry Ball the partner in requeft ;
'Mid Fafhion's throng wherever thou art feen
Th' acknowledg'd faireft type of Beauty's Queen :
And yet — with all this tribute to thy grace,
This fervent homage of thy form and face ;
AANSPRECKERS, GEEN HERTE-BREKERS.
BIEN TE BAIGNE, MAIS SANS MELANGE.
Unmov'd, unchang'd, thou art in all the lame
As heretofore ; — nor Love, nor praife, nor hlame,
To thee or pleafure or annoy impart-
Such is the icy coldnefs of thine heart !
That thou art thus, explains full well to me.
What I once deem'd mere fabulous to be
That even 'midft the Ocean's rolling
Where all earth's waters find a common grave
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0 Their Water's fweetnefs 'mid the briny main ! — * 0
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^w ^gyptica Domina pallium non terruit ? Inter illecebras voluptatum etiam ferreas
mentes libido domat. Difficilfe inter opulas servatur pudicitia. — Hieron. lib. iii. Epist. 5.
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The hardest steel in tract of time doth tear ;
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And long entreaty, soften her hard heart, q- i
That she will once vouchsafe my plaint to hear, 0
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2 But, when I plead, she bids me play my part ;
And, when I weep, she says ; Tears are but water ;
And, when I sigh, she says ; I know the art ;
And, when I wail, she turns herself to laughter.
So do I weep, and wail, and i)lead in vain,
While she as steel and flint doth still remain. — Ed.mund Spen.-^er.
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THE L-AST COMERS ARE OFTEN THE MASTERS.
T PR'YTHEE send me back my heart,
Since I can not have thine ;
For if from yours you will not part —
Why then shouldst thou have mine ?
Yet now I think on't, let it lie,
To find it were in vain ;
For thou'st a thief in either eye
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The beaming Portrait, that it smiles on me. — Anon.
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DisciTE in hoc niundo, supra mundum esse ; et si corpus geritis, volitet in vobis
ales interior. — Amuros. de Virg.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of (lotl, without relnikc, in
tlie midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in
the world. — Philip, ii. 15.
.'\nd they that use this world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world
passeth away. — i Corinth, vii. 31.
IE WHO CAN \A/AIT OBTAINS WHAT HE WISHES.
HE WHO DEMANDS DOES NOT COMMAND.
■wy'/'HEN thou in darkenefle of the night didft blaze,
*V I could not without envy on thee gaze;
But when the Cyclop Titan comes in fight,
There is no ods twixt darkenefle and thy light :
I doe not envy thee, although thou Ihine ;
No glor' I have nor is the glory thine.
As lightfome bodyes doe a fhaddow give ;
So glory without envy cannot live :
When greater glory doth the meane fupprefle,
It likewlfe takes the envy from the lefle.
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" '^ Oh, no ! — it cannot be :
It's quite impoffible that you
Should think of courting me !
Indeed you'd better take your love
■ Elfewhere ; for fure am I
We are by no means Anted for
The Matrimonial tie.
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CHACUN CHERCHE SON SEMBLABLE.
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A roving, ruffling blade —
And I, as ev'ry body knows.
A quiet, gentle maid;
From early youth accuftom'd to
The peaceful joys of home.
Amid the rude and buftling world
I have no wifh to roam :
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Nor to the beft one yield.
Who when fhe hears the cannon roar,
Would ftand unmov'd by fear,
And fay, what others terrifies
Is mufic to her ear.
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The Partridge to the Buzzard-hawk
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ENTRE aENS DE MEME NATURE
'HIS waxen torch is able to endure
The winds, when ^olus puts them in ure,
It leads the way in darknefle of the night.
And, though the ferene fall, it fhewes his Light :
The candle ftill lurks at home, and there doth fhow
Its light, not caring how the winds doe blow.
This as the houfes joy at home doth ftay.
The other ftill abroad doth make his way
The hardy hufband from his houfe goes forth
Seeking to compafle bufinefs of worth ;
He failes by rockes and fands, earely and late
He toiles, and feekes to purchafe an eftate :
The wife at home much like a fnaile fhe fits
On hous-wifry employing all her wits :
Ulyftes in his travels hard did fhift,
Penelope at home did ufe her thrift.
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U'AMITIE SE FAIT ET DURE.
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Mite Pyrim vel Sponte Fluit.
THE RIPE PEAR FALLS READY
TO THE HAND.
OULD'ST early be fuccefsful in thy fiiit,
Nor langulfh long in Love's confuming flame ?-
In Beauty's garden, fhun the unripe fruit,
And breathe thy paffion to the riper dame.
The fruit that's green clings longeft to the tree.
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While that which has attain'd maturity,
Warm'd to the core beneath the funny ray.
Yields to the touch — and quickly comes away.
Un homme, une pomme.
ToLLE cupidinem
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de mourir, et dun robuste jouvenceau, qui est encore en la fleur de son age, et d'un
bon vieil homme, qui jh va penchant vers la terre. — Du V.mr. I
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in bonis." But all that happens to us contrary to the usual course of nature, is gene- q
rally considered lamentable. Cicero, who seems to share the sentiment of Epictetus,
and who borrowed from him in his book " Dc Senectute," expresses himself in yet
more elevated and impressive terms :
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<S<^:<^-^1DE.ATH DEVOURS LAMBS AS WELL. AS SHEEP. 'S^g^-S^S;
Adolescentes mihi mori sic videntur, ut aqure multitiuline flammse vis opprimitur.
Senex autem, sicut sua spoiite nulla vi adhibita consumtus ignis extinguitur : et cjuasi
poma ex arboribus, cruda si sint, si velluntur ; si matura et cocta, decidunt. Sicut vitam
adolescentibus vis aufert, sic senibus maturitas.
Quod crudum, idem et pertinax.
' I ^HE fruit that's ripe, parts willing from the tree ;
Unripe, 'tis not so willing to comply :
Who call'd by Death resists his destiny,
Proves most that he is unprepar'd to die.
It is sad to die before the time : idle speech ! Before what time ? Before that
prescribed by Nature ? But Nature lent life to us only, without fixing the term of
its withdrawal. — Cicero.
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Unquench'd our Spirit, by our body's death.
Rises refreshed to breathe with purer breath.
The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things ;
There is no armour against fate,
Death lays his icy hand on kings :
Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down,
And in the dust be equal made
With the jjoor crooked scythe and spade.-
We spend our years as a tale that is \.o\A.— Psalm xc. 9.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of strength
they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut
off, and we fly away. — Ibid. 10.
DESTINY LEADS THE WILLING, BUT DRAGS THE UNWILLING.
THERE IS NO APPEAL FROM TIME PAST.
^HEN firft my light did fhine, you lik'd me well.
Now that is gone ; you hate my loathfome fmell ;
You with prolongers made me live, and art
Preferv'd my light ; but now Time adls his part,
Triumphant Time, fhewes now my glafle is runne,
(What way God knowes) I finde my threed is fpunne ;
Envy hath playd its part, and I doe goe
To Coffin : as I doe, all muft doe fo.
Time breaths a fhrewd and life-bereaving blaft,
Yet upward flyes my light, where it fliall laft.
I'me glad to part from body, which I lov'd
So deere, that many wayes and arts I prov'd
The mudwall to maintaine, and body fave.
But yet in fpight of me 'twill go to grave.
This is my comfort. Body, that thy tombe
Which is thy grave, fhall be thy mothers wombe
To bring thee once againe unto the light,
And life, which death fhall never know, or night :
Then be content, though you and I depart :
Yet Soule and Body ftil' ^i^ll '''^^'^ o"^ heart. — Farlie's Emblems
"HERE IS NO MEDICINE AGAINST DEATH.
LOVE IS THE LOADSTONE OR LOVE.
Quid non Jenfit amor ?
WHO HAS NOT FELT LOVE?
BEHOLD the wond'rous fympathy between
The firings of yonder lute, and this I play !
Is it not juft as though fome hand unfeen
Swept the fame chords, and tun'd the felf-fame lay ? *
■• Tlie cause of this plienomenoii is assigned by Cardanum in Ills Stli book 1\ Sithtitil. Du Tleix
his Corps di Philosophic, 1626, accounts for it also in nearly similar terms.
'S'^' AMOR REGGE SEN2A LEGGE. -3>=2:
(S^S:,C0^S'<S^&<S^^ LOVE SEES NO FAUUTS. 'Ss«g^Ssg^'Ss=g>-B>S;
So lov'd one — though untouch'd by thee, I feel,
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See thy lov'd form though far away from me,
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O AMOR NAO TEM UEI. — LOVE KNOWS NO LAW.
LOVE DEMANDS FAITH, AND FAITH FIRMNESS.
Love refines
The thoughts and heart enlarges : hath its seat
In reason, and is judicious : is the scale
By which to Heavenly love thou mayest ascend : —
Not sunk in carnal pleasure : for which cause
Among the beasts no mate for Love was found. — Milton.
Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart
An instant sunshine through the heart ;
As if the soul that minute caught
Some treasure it through life had sought ;
As if the ver>' lips and eyes
Predestin'd to have all our sighs,
And never be forgot again, —
Sparkled and spoke before us then.- — Moore.
Why should I blush to own I love 1
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Why should I blush to say to all,
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Such weakness I would ever prove —
'Tis painful, but 'tis sweet to love. — Kirke White.
Gaudendum cum Gaudentibus.
Joying with the Joyful.
AS lute to lute in harmony attun'd,
A'ibrates in glad response, as though it shar'd
5 The joy that thrills the other's waken'd strings ;
So let thine heart responsive share the joy
Thy neighbour feels ; nor look with sullen eye
On eyes where gladness beams. Learn thou from this
To share in the delight which others feel.
And banish rankling envy from thy breast
When fortune smiles upon thy fellow man. —
I,earn thou from this no less his grief to soothe
\\'\\X\ brotherly response ; for just as joy
Oains increase more from that which it bestows.
So grief grows less, lull'd by the soothing tones
Of Pity's kind compassion for her woes.
Tiiou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy
right hand there are pleasures for evermore. — Psalm xvi. ii.
LIEBESZORN 1ST NEUER LIEBESZUNDER.
WlERO who dwelt by Hellefponticke ftrand,
We Hang'd forth a Light, Leanders marke for land.
Whither his helmelefle courfe he fteerd and mov'd,
Whilft he made hafte to fee his welbelov'd.
Which when fierce Boreas with his bluftring blaft
Put out, he in the floods away was cafl :
So that his wedding light became a torch.
To convoy him to Proferpines blacke porch.
Almighty God who made all by his power.
Holds forth his Light from the Celeftiall Tower :
That when the ftormes our tofled foules annoy.
It may diredl us to our heav'nly joy.
No florme againft this Light can fo prevaile
But Saints unto their wifht-for Haven may faile.
Where for their Wedding torch this Light they have,
Which never fhall convoy them to their grave.
Farlie's Emblems.
LOVE'S ANQER IS FRESH FUEL TO LOVE.
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Ut lapju graviore ruant.
THE HIGHER THE RISE THE GREATER
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TORTOISE of ambitious mind,
Such as in Men we fometimes find,
PufF'd up with an egregious fenfe
Of his fuperior excellence.
Much wifh'd to change his lot on earth
For one more fitted to his worth ;
PRIDE IS THE BEGINNING OF AUL DESTRUCTION.
PRIDE AND POVERTY ARE ILL MET,
Which in his felf-conceit he deem'd
Too little by his friends efteem'd —
Who neither would allow nor lee
That he poflefs'd a quality
Of form or of intelligence,
Beyond their Tortoife common-fenfe.
Refolv'd ne'erlefs that they fhould be
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Like filver threads the rivers flow,
And wind fome thoufand feet below : —
Like mole-hills are the mountains high —
In vafl expanfe — Earth, fea and fky
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Magna ruunt, inflata crepant, tuniefacta premuntur. — Lucan. i. ver. 17.
SuMMiSQUE negatum
Stare diu, nimioque graves sub pondere lapsus. — Syrach. iii. 12.
Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil
upon all flesh, saith the Lord.— /<?/-. .\lv. 3.
God hath a special indignation at Pride, above all sins.— Bishop Hall.
VERTU GIT AU MILIEU.
IT'S HARD FOR AN EMPTY BAG
|^,NE chinke there was and not another way
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So He6tors fatall gift Ajax confounded,
And ftob'd him where he onely could be wounded ;
Apollo fo directed Paris dart
To wound Achilles foote, and kill his heart.
Death lies in ambufh like an enemy,
And brafheth where our fconces weakeft be.
Whether an icecle or drop of water,
Or gnat, or Londons Scholler-killing letter.
A thoufand trickes we fee of cunning death ;
He makes or finds a way to flop our breath.
Far lie's Emblems.
:S^^^^^&, TO STAND UPRIGHT. -s>^-S>e:
REPROVE OTHERS, BUT CORRECT THYSELF.
El corcobado ne vee su corcoba, y vee la de su compamn.
THE HUNCHBACK SEES NOT HIS OWN HUMP, BUT HE
SEES HIS NEIGHBOUR'S.
'IW/ ITH rare exception, almoft ev'ry one
^'^ Is wondrous apt his Neighbour's faults to fee;
And yet, however evident his own.
To them he's blind — or thinks that only he
From imperfection and from fault is free.
EVERY MAN HATH A FOOL IN HIS SLEEVE
AUNG^UE NEaROS, SOMOS GENTE.
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see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. — Mafi. vii. 3, 5.
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own. — These people are wise for others, and fools to themselves.
Est proprium stultitix, aliorum vitia ccrncre ; oblivisci suorum. — Cicero.
Nihil turpius est convitio quod in auctorem recidit. — Plutarch.
Of all the causes which conspire to blind
Man's erring judgment, and misguided mind,
What the weak head with strongest bias rules
Is Pride, the never-failing Vice of Fools.
Pope.
FOLLY IS PRIME COUNSELLOR.
WHERE YOU ARE JACK, THERE I AM JILL.
N vaine thou mantles up this light of mine,
Thinking that no man fhall perceive it fhine.
But all in vaine, flame will it felfe bewray.
And through thy coat, by burning, make his way.
Who in his lower heart doth hurt conceale,
Hoping that nothing fhall the fame reveale,
He hides the torches of the hellifh rout,
Which will at length with violence burfl out :
Who doth conceive Orefl:es' impious thought.
It will ere long to furious fact be brought.
Diffemble what thou can'fl, that inward fparke
Will burfl: forth into Light, though now its darke.
Farlie's Emblems.
SELF-CONCEIT PRECLUDES IMPROVEMENT.
NOTHINQ IS IMPOSSIBLE TO A NA/'IL.L-INQ MIND.
Non intrandum, aut penetrandum.
ENTER NOT, OR PASS THROUGH.
S with the Web fpun by the Spider's care,
T' entrap the flies and gnats which fill the air,
So with th' entangling nets by Venus laid
T' enfnare the hearts of heedlefs youth and maid : —
For in the Love net, as the Spider's too,
The gnat is taken, but the Bee breaks through.
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REND TOUT POSSIBLE. -B^®-s>s;
WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY.
Hence, young folks, learn thro' Venus' nets to break,
Nor let their flimfy mefhes captive take
Both heart and mind: Take pattern by the Bee: —
Like him refift the lofs of liberty ;
Break boldly through ; but if the ftrength you lack,
Take my advice, and cleverly turn back.
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Camelus desiderans cornua etiam aures perdidit.
Qui totum vult, totum perdit.— Publ. Svrus.
Intra fortunam quisque debet manere suam. — Ovid.
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Pervia virtuti, sed vilibus invia.
A ND that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devil, who are
taken captive by him at his will. — 2 Timothy ii. 26.
As in the mesh spread by the Spider's skill,
The weaker flies and gnats alone are caught,
While insects more robust of wing and will,
Break boldly through, nor heed his toils in aught
What to the virtuous heart shall bar the way,
Or hold it from the chosen path of good ? —
Since this World's snares are but as frail a stay,
And as the Spider's easily withstood,
When heart and mind with one accord unite
To force through ev'ry stop the road to Right.
Hold on thy course to Virtue, nor refrain ;
The wind the chaflf disperses, not the grain.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the
cords of his sins. — Proverbs v. 22.
DiABOLUS non invalesceret contra nos, nisi viros e.x vitiis nostris prteberemus, et
locum ei dominandi nobis peccato faceremus : unde nolite locum dare diabolo.
August. Horn. 3.
CUORE forte
Rorape cattiva sorte.
Vaine peur certaine misfere.
Een moedig hert
Vermint de smert.
Beter is't te rug gegaen
Als een ([uaden sprong gedaen.
He that begins without reason, hath reason enough to leave oft", by perceiving he
had no reason to begin. — J. Taylor, vol. xii. p. 28.
QUI TOUT CONVOITE, TOUT PERD.
THE MORE YOU HAVE THE MORE YOU DESIRE.
SHINED brightly whilft I flood upright,
And firmely feated gave a perfeft light ;
But after that mifchance did me furprife,
I am caft downe and know not how to rife.
Helpe, helpe, who fees my cafe, now fuccour me.
So, as before, my Light fhall glorious be.
A man may fall, this brittle life of ours
Is fubjedt to more chances than to houres :
Or fortune falfe, or errours flippery fall
Suffers us not, conflant to proove at all :
Happy is he who falling findes a man,
Much like a God, fupporting what he can.
By hurt he learning gaines, he wifer growes,
And with the weary Oxe more warily goes.
Farlte's Emblems.
i=^.<3<S-cS'®' BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING. 'S>:©-®^'S>5;
LIGHT GAYNES MAKE HEAVYE PURSES.
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A Dealer fhew'd this Oftrich and its egg to her one day.
And making her believe 'twas fuch a wondrous bird to lay ;
I bought it at her bidding — brought it home, and, like her, thought
A Bird that lay fuch eggs as that, could not be dcarlv bought.
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LITTUE BY LITTLE THE BIRD BUILDS ITS NEST.
Hens' eggs (thought I), however good, were at the best but fmall,
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Off fuch an egg as that, why, two could make a dinner quite,
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They've always laid at intervals, and often ev'ry day.
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A gotta a gotta il mar si secherebbe.
Von kleiiien iischlin wcrden die hecht gross.
Peu h peu tile la vieille sa i]uenouille.
Qur s'agite, s'enrichit.
Little pot, soon hot.
Il bue s'e fatto grande, e la stalla jiiccola.
The ox fattens in a little stall.
En petite maison Dieu a grand part.
S^^i=<^ L I T T L E BROOKS MAKE C3REAT RIVERS. -S^-"S^S
OREAT PROMISERS, BAD PAYMASTERS.
FoRTUNAM qui avidfe vorare pergit,
Hanc tandem male concoquat necesse est.
Celui qui meprise les petites choses, tombera petit a petit. — Syrach. xxix.
Le peu est suffisant a I'homme bien appris. — //'. xxx. 21.
Kleyn visje, soet visje.
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I Despise it not, but learn to know,
That almost ev'ry thing you see
From small at first to large did grow :
Do but a little oft, and you
Will find that little grow apace ;
The Penny to the Pound accrue,
And " slow and sure oft win the race.'
GREAT BOASTER, LITTLE DOER.
A LITTLE STREAM DRIVES A LIGHT MILL.
THE Smith the fteele, Co tempers in the fire,
As that it may indure flints ftroke and ire ;
The flint and flieel, 'gainfl: others while they ftrive,
Give fparkles, which the tinder keeps alive ;
Untill the fulphure to the match gives flame.
Which keeps, and to the candle doth give the fame ;
The candle thus lighted proper ufe hath none :
Thus all ordained is for man alone.
Dame Nature fo commandeth ev'ry thing
In his owne kind to ferve his Lord and King ;
Things of meere being, and which doe not live,
As Elements, food to the living give ;
The living herbs doe beafts with fenfe mainetaine.
And thefe, to feede us, ev'ry houre are flaine :
So every thing is for the ufe of man.
To God fhould he not doe then, what he can ?
Far lie's Emblems.
■S<^S<i.<&'^ CHICKENS FEED CARONS. -S^ST-Ss.e-'SN-
WHO WINS THE EYES WINS ALL.
Verwonnen Oog, begonnen Min
WHEN THE EYES ARE WON, LOVE IS BEGUN.
WAS faid of Old, — and, like mofi: fayings too,
It hath been proven by experience true.
That e'en despite his fierce majeftic might,
" Who wins the Lion's eyes, subdues him " quite.
Herein is well explain'd and typified
Another truth that cannot be denied :
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The eye of Man once taken by the grace |
And 'witching beauty of a Maiden's face.
However ftern his nature hitherto,
Afliimes a foftnefs it before ne'er knew.
Ah ! then how chang"d the cold imperious look ;
Which fcarce the gaze of other eyes could brook ! ;
How pliant then the fternly moulded mind i
Of Sage and Soldier, as of rugged hind !
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Pkimi, in omnibus proeliis, oculi vincuntur. — TAcrr. dc Morib. Germ. , D
Fert domita cervice jugum, fert dulcia tergo
Verbera, fert stimulos, trahit et bovis instar aratrum.-
Clamor repentinus aliquis, aut imago, aut aspectus fuga saspe exercitum iinplevit :
et hrec talia magis, quam gladius, consternant hostem, videbisque militem vanis et
inanibus magis, quiuii justis formidinis causis raoveri. — Lips. Dod. Civil, lib. v. cap. 16.
Nihil tam leve est, quod non magnae interdum rei momentum facial.
Les Femmes peuvent tout, parte qu'elles gouvcrnent les personnes qui gouvernent
tous.
1 HAVE mark'd
A thousand blushing apparitions.
To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames,
In Angel whiteness, bear away those blushes ;
And in her eye there hath appeard a fire
To burn the errors that these princes hold
Against her maiden truth.— Shakespeark.
Beauty with a bloodless conquest finds
A welcome sov'raignty in rudest minds. — Waller.
POR LOS OUERNOS TROCO l-OS OJOS.
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Whose radiant look strikes every gazing eye
Stark blind, and keeps th'amaz'd beholder under
The stupid tyranny of Love and wonder. — Old Pod.
Then only hear her Eyes ;
Tho' they are mute, they plead, nay, more, command :
For beauteous Eyes have arbitrary pow'r. — Drydex.
Who knows how eloquent these P^yes may prove.
Begging in Floods of Tears and Flames of Love. — Roch.
The Bloom of op'ning Flowers, unsully'd Beauty,
Softest and sweetest Innocence she wears ;
And looks like Nature in the World's first spring. — Rowe.
Nequiti.e Duces, Oculi.
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■pOR Love it was, that first created Light,
Mov'd on the Waters, chac'd away the Night
From the rude Chaos, and bestow'd new Grace
On Things, dispos'd of to their proper Place ;
Some to rest here, and some to shine Above :
Earth, Sea, and Heav'n, were all th' Effects of Love. — Wa
Love is that Passion, which refines the Soul ;
First made Men Heroes, and those Heroes Gods :
Its genial fires inform the sluggish Mass ;
The rugged soften, and the tim"rous warm.
Give Wit to Fools, and Manners to the Clown :
The rest of Life is an ignoble Calm ;
The Soul, unmov'J by Love's inspiring breath.
Like lazy Waters, stagnates and corrupts. — Hio. Giii. Con.
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To thee wh'art blind, I'm darke as fable night.
It's thy default, not mine; thou lak'ft thy fight.
The Moule cannot Hyperions glory fee ;
Who want their eyes, no comfort have by me.
Chrifl: is the glory of that light from hie.
Which can the darkefi: Chaos full defcry ;
And yet we fee him not untill our eyes
He open, which thickelT: darkenefle doth furprife ;
Then doth his light unto himfelfe refleft
From us as mirrours, with a new afpedt.
Farlie's Emblems.
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!T IS NOT LAWFUL. TO DO EVIL
Stiijt men fijn Neus af men I'chent fijn Aenficht.
WHO CUTS OFF HIS NOSE SPITES HIS OWN FACE.
(HlOME here, all Friends, who know, and would
y Advise me for the beft ; —
I've got a Nofe, the fight and thought
Of which deftroys my reft.
A Nofe, alas ! with wens and wheals
Surcharged and cover'd o'er ;
A huge unfightly Nofe, fuch as
No man e'er had before.
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It looks juft like a bald-coot's nofe,
It's (cirlet-red and blue.
And juil: as if a younger lot
Of Nofes on it grew.
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'Tis like a huge black-pudding that I
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A fuicidal hand
Againft thyfelf! for as thou art,
'Tis meet to undcriland,
Lies neither in thy will nor right
ANaER AND HASTE HINDER QOOD COUNSEL.
S<SKg"®^ TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE. -S^gJ-s^
To mar, nor to upbraid ;
Bow meekly rather to His Will i
Who thine affliction laid!
Seek not with violence to do
What patience may effect ;
By gentle means 'tis eafier ott
To heal and to corre6l.
Try thefe, my friend, they may avail,
But fliould they not fucceed.
Spare thine own flefh, nor mar thy face
By fuch ungodly deed.
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Hate thou not them, but pity more
That they fhould fo have err'd.
Drag not their faults into the light.
But kindly draw the veil.
As teaches Love, that other eyes
May fee not where they fail.
Be the Phyfician thou, and ftrive
All that thou canft to cure;
Canft thou not heal, then learn, and teach
How others may endure.
The fuff'ring limb by force is not made whole ,
Nor heals Reproof the gangrene of the foul.
CHARITY SHALU COVER THE MULTITUDE OF SINS.
FORQIVE, AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN.
PY Light is pleafatit, when the night doth gloome,
And pitchy darkenefle lines the mourning roome ;
Whither thou lifts Cleanthes fmoake to blow,
Or if the Matron like to twift her tow.
When Phoebus fetteth, I watch centenall
Until! he from my ftation doth me call.
Spare me, lend not my light to Titans ray ;
So fhalt th' enjoy me when there is no day.
If thy eftate be meane, hufband it well,
And it Attalick wealth fhall parallell.
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S^a- BE YE KIND ONE TO ANOTHER. -®^
DRINK LITTLE THAT YE MAY DRINK. LANG.
Noch vinnigh Slaen, noch harden Bivanck,
En brengt den Esel tot den Drank.
THOUGH TAKEN TO THE WATER'S BRINK,
NO BLOWS CAN FORCE THE HORSE TO DRINK.
JN vain with cheering words I've tried,
And ev'ry means that I can think
Of oaths, and blows, and kicks befide
To get this plaguey beast to drink !
I've led him by the bridle thrice.
And coax'd and pull'd, and coax'd again,
WHEN THE WINE IS IN, THE WIT IS OUT.
WHEN WINE ENTERS, MODESTY DEPARTS.
But he wont drink at any price,
And blows and words alike are vain.
Yet when I turn the matter o'er,
I really think, myfelf defpite,
That I in fenfe am wanting more,
And of the t\vo the Horfe is right !
Why, after all, fhould I feel fore
And lofe my temper in this way ?
The beaft p'rhaps drank enough before.
And feldom drinks three times a day ;
That's why he had no will thereto,
Nor would approach the water's brink : gj
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If he'd nor thirft nor need of drink !
And if the brute himfelf but had I ^
The pow'r of fpeech, afluredly, i
Brute as he is, he'd call me mad, ?
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E'en though a King himfelf might fue.
He'll drink no more, not he, indeed !
Fie ! Man ! — fie ! you, the lord of Mind !
Who, fway'd by fenfelefs appetite.
In needlefs drink enjoyment find,
'Gainft nature, reafon, and 'gainft right !
Your thirft once quench'd, defift, nor let
The taunts of fools, nor warmth of friends
Prevail to make you once forget
The bound where Reafon's empire ends.
DRUNKENNESS IS VOUUNTARY MADNESS.
DIE WIJN DRINKEN SONDER SMAECK,
Are you your Senfes', Paffions' flave,
More than the humble brute a-field ?
Or in the pow'r of Mind you have,
Muft it before his Inftinct yield !
What would the people fay to fee
Good wine into the Kennel caft ?
And yet, the Drunkard, is not he
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Thk first glass for thirst, the second for nourishment, the third for pleasure, and
the fourth for madness. — Anacharsis.
As surfeit is the father of much fast.
So every scope by tlie immoderate use
Turns to restraint : our natures do pursue
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Shakesp. Measure for Measure.
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HEN Phoebus fets in the Hefperian ftreames,
And Westerne fhores blufh with his drowned heames
Then I as Phoebus fecond muft give Light,
And ad my part in darkenefTe of the night :
But now my Light complaines that I decay,
And into greafie teares doe melt away ;
So I am forft to yeeld. O turne thy teame
Phoebus, and Phofpher fhew thy morning beame.
When Chrift the Sonne of righteoufnefle did goe
Vnto his Heavenly manfions from below.
Then he his holy fervants did command,
Confpicuous to the world, like lights, to ftand ;
But when they faile with watching, toile, and age,
And now are ready to goe ofF the ftage.
Then up they yeeld the light of life and cry ;
O come thou Sonne of righteoufnefle, we die.
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WHO RUNS FAST CANNOT RUN LONG.
Nimia Ubertas fit servitus.
EXCESS OF LIBERTY LEADS TO SERVITUDE.
NTIL this haplefs moment I was free.
And went where'er my will or fancy led ;
But now oh ! where — where is that liberty
So long my boaft ? alas ! for ever fled.
Ah ! woe is me that ever I was lur'd
By aught fo poor and taftelefs as this rind,
To enter here, before I was aflur'd
Some means of exit and efcape to find.
cS^a<2^®^;S<S- EXTREMES ARE EVIL.. -S^S-5>2>-S><S:
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NA LANQE LOOPEN, MOET MEN'T BEKOOPEN.
Till now without reftraint I ran about
Each place alike, a houfe fecure for me ;
I 'd holes in plenty to go in and out
Nor fear'd our race's direft enemy,
Now here, now there, the barn, the granary
The kitchen, larder, parlour, and the ftore
Were mine to roam in full fecurity,
And feaft my fill : — what could I wifh for more ?
Fool that I was, thus to be captive made
I tremble at the doom that waits me now ;
Yet whom have I to blame or to upbraid ?
Myfelf alone ; and to my fate I bow
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Cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus asper,
Utilium tardus provisor, prodigus aeris,
[^j Sublimis, cupidusque, et amata relinquere pernix. i ^
III Minimum debet libere, cui nimium licet. — Plutarch, tff Educat. lib. in fin. ' h
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'The Spoiler is made Spoil.
/^NE summer eve, beneath the greenwood shade,
I found young Phillis sitting fast asleep.
With noiseless step before th' unconscious maid.
Joying to catch her in that slumber deep,
I stood and gazed ; as though to feast my sight
On ev'ry feature of her charming face :
And though her eye-lids veil'd from me their light.
Her rosy mouth, with such bewitching grace,
Seem'd as it were to proft'er me the kiss
So oft denied me with a smart rebuke ;
LONQ INDULaENCE IS ITS OWN PAYMASTER.
g-^^^^S^S^ THOU SHALT NOT COVET. -^^■^.^-^^-^^
That turning Thief at once, I stole the bliss ;
But in that theft, lost more than what I took.
So, gentle reader, in the Love-chase too,
As with the mouse entrapp'd for love of bacon ;
We're often made our very luck to rue,
Just when the thing most wished for has been taken.
I stole from her a kiss, but Phillis, she
At once stole heart and peace of mind from me ;
The mouse, poor thing, lost life with liberty ;
But without Phillis, what were life to me ?
Oh ! Love, thy pow'r surpasses all belief—
That Phillis sleeping, thus should steal the Thief !
Who poaching goes on Love's domain.
Oft loses where he thought to gain :
And when least thinking such may be.
To his surprise doth ofttimes see,
Just like the mouse above pourtray'd.
Himself ensnar'd, and captive made.
Carpitque et carpitur unh,
Suppliciumque sui est. — Ovid.
Pcena comes Sceleris.
PuniJIment is the companion of Crime.
TUST as the greedy rat has seiz'd the bacon,
-J Down falls the trap, and lo ! the thief is taken.
The prey though seized, of what avail to him ?
That blow struck terror into every limb !
'Tis not enough to say : the evil deed
Brings its requital as the doer's meed :
The culprit from the moment of his crime,
Stung by his conscience through each hour of time.
Though none pursue, in each a captor sees.
Starts at each sound that's borne upon the breeze,
And where none other aught of terror deems,
Quails 'fore the hangman of his nightly dreams.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth. — Pnn: xxviii. i.
Oh coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me 1
Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh—
What do I fear?— Myself?— Shakespeare.
Which way I move is Hell ; myself am hell.— Milton.
TREASURES OF WICKEDNESS PROFIT NOTI
S-^kS^o-^S^^-^SOk^^S- honesty is the best policy. 'S>^>'^;.2^S:«a''S>S>'«>^
HEN as the conqu'ring fleete return'd from Troy,
And Pallas ftormy wrath did them annoy ;
Then Naupllus fought revenge upon the Greek.es,
And hang'd out Lanterns on the rocky creekes ;
The Greekes deceived did the rockes miftake,
And dafhing gainft them did nights fhipwracke make.
Whilft we unto our wifht-for Country goe,
This lifes fierce billowes tofle us to and fro;
Honour and glory hang out lights fo faire,
And Siren-like doe feeke us to enfnare :
A joyfull, quiet haven they doe pretend ;
But oft they drave us to a doleful! end :
If thou be wife fhunne honours lights fo hy,
And from fhipwracking Siren pleafure fly.
Farlie's Emblems.
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cs<^ HE WHO IS BORN A FOOL IS NEVER CURED, -s^
A Barbe de Fol apprent a raire.
WHO WOULD LEARN TO SHAVE WELL, SHOULD
FIRST PRACTISE ON A FOOL'S BEARD.
fHE Proverb is of antient date,
Tliat he who well would Icarii to ihave,
His fulleft wifh to confiimmate,
Should on a Fool's beard practice have.
As with each phraie of antient lore,
The fenfe implied hath ta'en its rife
A WISE LOOK MAY SECURE A FOOL IF HE TALK NOT.
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That Fools to deal with maketh wife.
For Fools, of all men moft precife
In things of import leaft, e'er gave
The wideft fcope for praftice nice
Of Patience and of Virtues grave.
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Is vain as all he tries to lay :
Yet! juft this place behind the ear?
Aye ! Fool ! that's juft the place that ail'd thee
From what we've feen 'tis very clear
It was the brains from firft that fail'd thee !
Who wants now this, now that, nor knows
What 'tis he needs, doth clearly fhow it :
For lacking brains, he feels and ftiows
He wants within the means to know it.
THERE IS NO CONCLUSION.
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A FOOL'S HEAD NEVER WHITENS.
DY moeyelicke heeren
Is veel te leeren.
'T moet een wijse hant sijn, die een sotten Kop wel scheren sal.
It must be a wise hand to cut the hair of a Fool's head.
W.\T let, dat leert.
Quffi nocent, decent.
nayr;^a7«, jjLaOrjfiaTa.
Vexatio dat intellectum.
Ho.MiNE imperito nil quid(]uam est injustius, qui, nisi quod ipse facit nihil rectum
putat. — Terent. Adiiph.
Men heeft groote kunst van doen
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^ pOLLY has a wide dominion in the World ; and if there be some little Wisdom,
ill it is pure Folly compared with the Wisdom of the Most High. But the greatest
1 d 1 1 Fool is he, who does not believe that he is so, and who imputes Foolisimess to every
I D 'I body else. To be Wise, it is not sufficient to appear so to one's self. He is Wisest
V !' who does not think that he is Wise; and he who does not perceive that others see,
J does not see himself. How full soever the World be of Fools, there is no person who
Q thinks himself one, nor even, who suspects himself of folly. — Graci.vn.
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(0 I selves, but those more particularly, who are the least worthy. Each considers himself
~ the centre of the Universe, and destined for an exalted position. Hope undertakes
II rashly, and Experience renders it no assistance. Vain imagination finds an e.xecutioner
> in Reality, who undeceives it. Every one should know his proper sphere of action,
and his fittest condition. Reality w^ould then be the regulator of Self-Opinion. — Idem.
Fortune takes care that Fools should still be seen ;
She places 'em aloft, o' th' topmost spoke
Of all her wheel. Fools are the daily work
Of nature, her Vocation : If she form
A Man, she loses by't; 'tis too expensive;
'T would make ten Fools : A Man's a Prodigy.
Urvden, Gidip.
Un Sot n'a pas assez d'^totfe pour eirc bon. — La Rochefoucauld.
A WAGER IS A FOOL'S ARC3UMENT.
HE THAT TEACHES HIMSELF
UCH like as wine the nurfe of Poets veine,
When prifon-like the cafke doth it conteine ;
Farre from the bottome while you draw the wine.
You will it find more plenteous and more fine ;
But when you come to dreg, no wine abounds,
Both leaft and worft remaineth in the grounds:
Such like the fhining of a candle we fee,
Which kindled once burnes not ftill equally ;
At firft it giv's greater and clearer light.
And is more pleafant both to fmell and fight ;
But when it comes to fnufl^e and even fpent,
It fliineth leffe, and gives a filthy fent.
The candle and wine's our life, which, in its prime,
Doth flourifli more, and hath more hope of time ;
But when with muftie age our life decayes.
Then many forrowes have we, and few dayes.
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HAS A FOOL FOR HIS MASTER.
ONE DOTH THE SCATH, ANOTHER HATH THE HARM.
Wat de seiige dcet, mseten de biggen otitgelden.
WHAT THE SOW DOES, THE LITTLE PIGS MUST
PAY FOR.
HEN the old Sow has play'd her pranks,
And upfet tubs and pails around her,
Out comes the Mafter in a rage.
With broom in hand, refolv'd to pound her :
<S^^.<S'^(S^S^ INNOCENCE IS NO PROTECTION. -a^S^-SsS-Ssg:
THE CROW GETS PARDONED, AND
But file, well vers'd in all his oaths.
And in their meaning full confiding,
Runs ofF and leaves her pigs behind
To bear the blame and get the hiding.
And they, poor pigs, though innocent
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Get beat all round and made to fmart
For all the big Sow has been breaking.
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Daerom lijdt dickmael al het lant.
Mancher muss cntgelten des er nie genossen hat.
Quid agimus hoc casu 1 feranius. Nam quemadmodum sterilitatem, aut nimios
imbres, aut CMtera natura; mala; ita luxum, ambitionem et avaritiam dominantiuni
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SiCHEM rapuit, et agricola plectitur. — Arabiati Adage. Vid. Right. Axiom. (Econ. 24, 25.
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IT'S GOOD FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS.
T/ic' Reader will imagine a picture, representing a Fisher disturbing the water with a
long pole, and driving the fish towards the net.
"VrOU wish to know what I'm about ?
My bus'ness is soon told :
I'm going to fish upon a plan
Advis'd from time of old.
In waters that are most disturb'd,
Most fish are caught, they say ;
But when the water's calrii and clear
The fish all swim away :
For then too cautiously they scan
The meshes of the net,
Or be your bait however good,
No bite from them you get.
But quite another sport it is
If you disturb the stream ;
The troubled water then gets thick,
And roach, perch, eels and bream
Are taken then alike at once,
Large fish as well as small,
All caught together in the net ; —
That's what I fishing call !
Need I say more % He ^^'ho knows not
To make a stir in this World's stream,
Will but a sorry Fisher prove,
Nor minnows catch, much less a bream.
Stir, Fisher, stir ! Stillness does harm ;
It little profits when the water's calm.
Et multis utile bellum. — Luc.'^n. i. v. 182.
Opportuni niagnis conatibus transitus rcrum. — Tacitus.
MuLTT honores quos quieta republica desperant, perturbata se consequi posse
arbitrantur. — Livv.
Eau trouble gain de pecheur.
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CARRY about with me, my frugall ftore,
With which I am content, and feeke no more ;
If it be meane, I can with it agree,
What ftate foever, welcome comes to me :
I never begge, alive, what is diftrefle,
I know not ; but once dead, I care for 't leffe.
Some live on others trenchers, and doe eate
The bread of floth, for which they never fweat :
They 're greedy ravens of mankind, kitching drones,
Rich tables harpyes, rats, Chamelions.
The wifeman howfoever he doth finde
Fortune, to it he fits and frames his mind,
He doth proferre his courfe and country faire.
Unto his Patrons dole and difhes rare.
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STIRRING MASTERS MAKE A RICH HOUSEHOLD.
EXAMPLE IS STRONQER THAN PRECEPT.
jORT! hard a-port! ftarboard your helm! lookout
See what our neighbour in the Schuyt's about!
Upon a fand-fpit there as fure as day,
He's hard and faft ; right in the courfe we lay!
Give her a good wide berth, my mate, that we
Clear well the fand-tail where thofe breakers be.
WISE MEN LEARN BY OTHERS' HARM.
IT IS EASIEST LEARNINa AT ANOTHER'S COST.
They'll never pole her ofF — to ftrive is vain ;
With ebbing-tide as now, there fhe'll remain :
And fhould the wind chop round and blow to {hore,
She'll break her rudder, or get damage more.
Reader! look well to this, and let it be
A caution in Life's voyage unto thee.
The Skipper who defcries a fhip aground,
No beacon needs to guide, nor lead to found :
And truly prudent is that man alone,
Who by another's fault can mend his own.
Many who have themfelves but little fkill
1 To fhape their courfe where peril may accrue,
Avert full oft the greater fhare of ill,
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Example is a living rule that teaches without trouble to the learner, and lets him
see his faults without open reproof and upbraiding. — Serj. P.^lmer's Aphorisms.
Ex.\MPLE works more than precept ; for words without practice are but counsels
without effect. — ll'iif.
I H.WE given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. —
John xiii. 15.
Chrlst suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow his step.s. —
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"~pIS well that ev'ry one should know,
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HE WHO TOUCHES PITCH SOILS HIS FINaERS.
,,IGHTS ftarre-like fplendor doth allure this flye,
Not knowing that fhe may be burnt thereby :
Thus whilft fhe kindled with a great defire
Of Light, loe now fhee dies in flaming fire.
Glory in purple robes is fet on hie,
Envious to many, lovely to the eye :
But many times glory doth fooles undoe,
Whilfl, without wit and reafon, they it wooe :
It raifeth them that with the greater fall,
It may them overthrow and crufli withall.
Whilfl Icarus foares to Hyperions beames,
He headlong fals into th' Icarian flreames ;
And Pha'ton daring for to rule the day.
Was thunder-beate, and burnt with Phoebus ray.
We nearer to the Sunne more glorious are.
If of the fcorching rayes we be aware.
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TOCCA LA PECE,
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S<S,iP'^ GREAT TALKERS LITTLE DOERS. -S>^>-©^.
De gans blaeft wel, maer en bin niet.
THE GOOSE HISSES WELL, BUT IT DON'T BITE.
^wi^HEN firft thefe Geefe I faw, and heard
Vy Them hifs fo fierce at me ;
With fear o'erwhelm'd, I fled the bird,
And thought therein to fee
Some winged beaft, or dragon fell,
Whofe peftilential breath
WORDS ARE BUT WIND, BUT BLOWS UNKIND.
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Alone fufficed, as I'd heard tell,
To fpread difmay and death.
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I was about to draw.
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A MLCHA parola, obra poco.
Can ch' abbaja, non vuol nocer.
HiHNER die viel schwatzen, legen wenig Eier.
Dov' e manca cor, quivi e piu lingua.
De grands vanteurs
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A\ enn die Worte Leute schlugen, so war er ein tapferer Mann.
WORDS ARE GOOD WHEN WORKS FOLLOW.
BEWARE OF A MAN THAT DOES NOT TALK,
Vasa inania plurimum tinniunt.
An tibi Mavors
Ventosa in lingua, pedibusque fugacibus istis,
Semper erit ? — Virg. ALn. ii.
Jam senectus mundi est, quae est garnila.
Magis metuendi taciturni et lenes, quam feroces et clamatores.
Vana est sine viribus ira.
MiNARUM strepitus,
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Validior vox operis, quam oris.
Z Ignavissimus quisque et ni periculo minimum ausurus nimii verbis, lingua feroces.
Tacitus.
(0 Ut quisque ignavus animo, procax ore. — Ibid.
Q Quid dignum tanto feret hie promissor hiatu ?
Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. — Horace.
MoNS parturibat gemitus immanes ciens.
1^ Eratque in terris maxima exspectatio.
(_ At ille murem peperit. Hoc scriptum est tibi.
Qui magna cum minaris, extricas nihr
[jj Ph.^drus, Fiihtil.
< ' Canis timidus vehementius latrat, quam mordet. — CuRTin
Quid verbis opus est ? spectemur agendo. — Ovid. xiii. Milam.
3 Multa verba, modria fides. — Richter, Axiom. Oc.
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Tel menace, ([ui a grand' peur.
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Who knows himself a braggart
Let him fear this ; for it shall come to pass
That every braggart shall be found an as.s.
Shakespeare, All's mil Ihat Ends Well.
Braggarts must needs be factious, for all bravery stands upon comparisons.
They must be violent to make good their vaunts. Neither can they be secret, and
therefore not effectual. — Lord Bacon.
AND OF A DOC3 THAT DOES NOT
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MANY WORDS DON'T PILL. THE SACK.
HEN as the waxen light and candle did fhine.
As was the taper, fo the candle was fine :
When light is gone, this gives an odious fnufFe,
That fmels of Hyblas fweete neftarian ItufFe.
So when the wicked fits in honours chaire,
Unto the good man all doe him compare ;
But when Death fparing none, his mafke puis ofF,
And changing Fortune fets him for a fcofFe :
Then to the frittle people he doth ftinke,
His name fmels like a common-fiiore or finke :
The good againe, even in adverfity.
Cares not for Fortunes falfe inconftancy ;
And when againft him death hath done her beft,
His name fmels like the Phenix fpicy neft.
Far lie's Emblems.
BEWARE, PROTH IS NOT BEER.-^.
TOUT PAR AMOUR, RIEN PAR FORCE.
Met onwillige honden is't quaet ha^en vangen.
WITH UNWILLING HOUNDS IT'S HARD TO
CATCH HARES.
OT far from here there lives a Maid,
Who, as I've heard by many faid.
Will bring a good dow'r of gold and land
To him on whom fhe beftows her hand.
A buxom, cheerful, buftling lafs.
She leads her father's kine to grafs,
NO STRIVING AGAINST
STREAM.
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She bakes and she brews, she spins and she sews,
And all a good housewife's duty knows.
Nimble and neat of limb is she,
Good temper'd too as a lass can be ;
With pouting red lips, and a cheek that glows
With the freshest hues of the opening rose :
No burgher maid in Leyden town
Can match her eyes of lustrous brown ;
And were I again in my youthful prime,
To woo and to win her I'd lose no time.
I wish our Claes, that son of mine,
Would but to my advice incline.
And court her close like a sensible lad,
While she and her dow'r are yet to be had :
For oft I've heard her father say :
Whoe'er she choose, he'll not say nay ;
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But what's your Court or burgher dame,
With pride of birth and empty name.
To a village lass with a purse well lin'd.
And wholesome alike in body and mind?
But, Oh ! this boy ! 'tis vexing quite
At bait so fair he will not bite ;
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How oft have I not brought him to
The lass, in hopes that he would woo :
But there he'd stand — like a tongue-tied lout I
Nor open his mouth — but gape about !
In vain to cheer him on I strive,
And wink to make him more alive :
But not e'en once will he take her hand.
Nor speak one word she can understand.
E'en though 'tis Fair-time now, yet he
Buys her no Cakes nor Christmas tree :
No girdle, nor ring, nor handsome coif
To set the young damsel's head-dress ofl".
He writes no Sonnets in her praise,
As is the custom now-a-davs.
But cold as a stone, not a word will say,
That hints in the least at a Wedding-daw
But, setting all such gifts aside—
Though gifts are proper to a Bride—
E'en from her he'll not take a thing.
Nor new neck-ruflF, nor handsome ring !
■S^^ WHO SO BLINO AS HE THAT WILL NOT SEE? -^-^
FAIR IS NOT FAIR, BUT THAT WHICH PLEASETH.
Yet lovers mostly have the sense
To look on gifts as no offence ;
And if a young man will aught receive,
'Tis a sign — at least, so girls believe —
That he next day may come again,
And then p'rhaps speak his mind more plain
For Love doth ever more hopeful burn,
When the receiver doth make return.
But oh ! this Claes ! he will not woo
At all as other people do !
E"en when she herself asks him to dance,
He says that he can't, and looks askance :
For her he has no pleasing talk ;
He never takes her out to walk, —
And when she kindly bids him stay,
He takes up his hat to walk away ! —
To lose such a chance to me is odd !
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But now I find my wife was right,
A\'hen she said to me t'other night :
I Do hold thy tongue, now, Father, do!
■" 'Tis plain our Claes don't care to woo.
Thou 'It never bring the match to pass.
He has no taking to the lass :
He's p'rhaps some other girl in view,
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The Love that's forc'd will never do !
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Compulsion never yet was known
To rule th' affections of the heart,
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According to his heart's dictate :
"No Well so bad as that, we think.
Whose water we're compelled to drink."
Is not the Love-chase just the same
As hunting any other game 1
What though the sportsman even see
The hare, so tame as not to flee.
Squat here and there at distance short,
As though the very dogs to court ; —
Yet none the more the hare is won
If that his dogs refuse to run :
For hounds which hunt against their will,
Were seldom known tjie game to kill.
THERE IS NO DISPUTING OF TASTES AND FANCIES.
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LET EVERY TUB STAND ON ITS OWN BOTTOM.
AM confumed with devouring fire,
Whilft Vulcane gainft me doubles thus his ire :
The hand, much like an Ifthme, doth feparate
The flames, and doth it felfe praecipitate
Into open danger, fhewing fo its love,
The fcorching flames compels it to remove.
A thriftlefle hufband if he fpend his ftate,
And fo the wife loving to goe too neat ;
Their fl;ocke and meanes quickely goes to decay,
And late repentance comes, when all's away.
But if a friend their ruine would prevent.
And ftay their fall ; be fure he fhall he fhent :
He lofing labour fcarce fhall harmeleffe goe.
They both againft him turne their malice fo.
Oft times who parteth quarrels and debate,
Againfl himfelfe doth turne the parties hate.
Farlie's Emblems.
S^S.iS'^THE LAST SUITOR WINS THE M A I D . -S^S-Sj^
QREAT DESIQNS REQUIRE GREAT CONSIDERATION.
Om weynigh Graen'; een ganuhe Alook.
A WHOLE MILL TO GRIND A PECK OF CORN.
H ! Mafter, what is all this work,
This hamm'ring, fawing, clatter?
Each morning that I wake of late
I wonder what's the matter !
What is't that you are building here?
A Mill, forfooth ! but furely
<S^&' GREAT FOOLS MUST HAVE GREAT BEUUS. -S^S
CUT YOUR COAT ACCORDING TO YOUR CLOTH.
So large a Mill as this will be
A lofs of money purely ;
For in this fack of yours I feel
So little corn for grinding,
That when you've made it into meal
'Twill fcarce be worth your minding
A Hand-mill would be large enough
To grind this corn, good neighbour
And if you'd be advifed by me
(_ You'd ceafe your ufelefs labour.
■^ You may rely, this Mill of yours
D Will yield you little profit,
0 'Twill foon ftand ftill, or, what is worfe,
HI You'll be obliged to let it ;
ID 'Tis hard enough to find it
Who only hath a peck of corn
HI Need build no Mill to grind it.
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' Tu secanda marmora
Locas sub ipsum fuiius, et sepulcri
Z 1 Immemor struis domos. — Horat. ii. Od. i8.
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inscriptionc, — i^Dc Jur. Con nub.)
Vixi puellis nuper idoneiis,
Et militavi non sine gloria,
Nunc arma defunctumque bello
Hunc gladium paries habebit.
Horat. iii. Od. 26.
Desine dulciuni
Mater sasva Cupidinum. — Idem iv. Od.
DON'T FLY TILL. YOUR WINGS ARE FEATHERED.
GOT WITH THE
Circa lustra decern flectere mollibus
Jam durum imperils : abi
Quo blandffi juvenum te revocant preces.
Een oudt man met een jonge vrou,
Wat kan het wesen als berou ?
C'est chose aussi follastre de voir le gendarme qui va au baston, que I'amoureux
qui ne peut marcher sans aide.
Veel geschreeus en luttel woUe.
Veal vlagen luttel boter.
La pill guasta rota del carro
Fa sempre maggior strepito.
Viel geschrey, wenig wollen.
Grosse word und nichts da hinder.
JNe'er -put the Plough afore the Owsen.
In every undertaking, that which is Essential should have the first place ; and the
Accessory, if there is occasion for it, should be considered afterwards. Many men
commence with that which is of least moment to them, and defer the consideration of
those things which would be useful and profitable, to a period when it is too late to
reap the advantages which would accrue from them. We thus frequently see men who
have no sooner begun to prosper in life, than they become eclipsed as it were in their
very success, and emerge in poverty. Method is as necessary to the art to Live, as to
the acquirement of Knowledge.
Selon le pain il faut le couteau.
Selon ta bourse gouverne ta bouche.
Fou est qui plus de'pense que sa rente ne vaut.
Stretch out your legs according to the length of your blanket.
Qui trop embrasse, mal etreint.
Chi tutto abraccia, nulla stringa.
Ce qui vient au son de la fliite s'en va au son du tambour.
Make no more haste than good speed.
Cavendum est, ne in festinationibus
Qui unumquodque mature transegit,
perficit, festinat.— Cato.
suspiciamus
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iimias celentates. — Cicekd.
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MORE BELONGS TO RIDINa THAN A PAIR OF BOOTS.
^I^ITANS day burning lamp is fet on high,
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The more to light'n the Earth from faphir fky ;
His beames more glorious and confpicuous fhine
From Eaft to Weft, from South to midnight line :
My light you muft not under bufhell put.
Nor in a chinky corners prifon fhut;
That lights may cleare the chambers all throughout,
They muft aloft be hanged round about.
You holy Priefts, to whom the word of light
Is truft, advance your torches in the fight
Of mortals, fhew them who in darkenefle dwell.
The narrow way that leads to Heaven, from Hell.
Farlie's Emblems.
DO NOTHINC3 HASTILY,
JUT CATCHING OF
S^S,s=^-S-=S. TAKE HOLD OF A aOOD MINUTE. -S!.2^'S^2>"S>^
Two Dogges strive for a Bone, and the third taketh it away.
THE DOGS AND THE BONE.
■LL ye who would a Moral learn.
Your eyes upon this Emblem turn
Two dogs in combat fierce you fee,
For Dogs, like Men, will difagree.
The caufe of quarrel was a bone.
With dogs a very frequent one ;
WHEN FORTUNE SMILES- TAKE THE ADVANTAGE.
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IT'S AN ILL. WIND BUONA/S NOBODY OOOD.
But while the two in deadly fight,
Half blind with rage, bark, tear and bite,
More bent each other's flefh to wound
Than heed the bone upon the ground;
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An inftance I'll relate to you.
Of which I've known before to-day
Full many end the felf-fame way.
Two fuitors woo'd a Burgher maid.
With dow'ry rich, and each afraid
His rival fhould with her prevail.
Bethought him all he could t'afl'ail
And prejudice the other's name,
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WHILE THE DOGS YELP, THE HARE FLIES TO THE WOOD.
That he might beft fecure the game.
With feelings fuch on either fide,
Throughout the City, far and wide.
Reports were current foon of each.
Which did fo mutually impeach
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Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves.
Sic vos non vobis vellera fertis eves. »
Sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes,
Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra boves.
Tel bat Ics buissons
Qui n'a pas les oisillons.
WAR IS SWEET TO HIM WHO DOES NOT GO FOR IT.
;^<&-WHEN THE FRIAR'S BEATEN, THEN COMES JAMES. -^t^
HAT e're my flat's my love proves conftant ftill.
To this my Soule, we part agalnft our will ;
Or when fierce Boreas with his bluftring gale,
Or fome mifchance my lovely light doth quale :
Elfe I and Light my life, would never part,
Before to afhes fates did me convert.
Nature commands us to maintaine our breath
And being, fhunning life-deftroying death.
Yet man from Atropus oft takes the knife.
And cuts his fatall thred devouring life :
For why, he fearing death before his day,
Before th' allarum, makes himfelfe away.
.\h wretch ! unworthy to behold the ikye.
Who will not live, and knowes not how to dye.
Farlie's
Emblems.
"WO SIR POSITIVES CAN'T MEET WITHOUT A SKIRMISH.
BETWIXT TWA STOOLS THE DOUP FA'S DOUN.
hemo potest Thetidem simul et Galatean amare.
NO ONE CAN LOVE THETIS AND GALATEA
AT THE SAME TIME.
I ^ISTEN, Mates! attend to me,
m I would fomething to you fay,
Which, may of fome fervice be —
Rather curious in its way !
I've a fondnefs for the Fair,
Which, my reafon all defpite,
Makes me ev'ry day defpair
Where to fix my heart aright.
i0»®,S«S.<S<&<S"^S' GRASP ALL, LOSE ALL. -SxS-Sxff-SsS^'B^S:
;g<S-;2=«S- CHI DUE LEPRI CACCIA, -e^-SsS:
Ev'ry pretty girl I meet,
Sets my heart In fuch a ftir.
That, without the leaft deceit,
I would make ftrong love to her.
Thus (o wav'ring in my mind.
Two girls now at once I woo ;
But I've long begun to find
'Tis much more than I can do.
One is Galatea nam'd.
And the other, as you know, I
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Thetis talks of fhips to me.
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Thetis too tells pleafing tale
In the Fifliers' homely talk ;
How in Greenland they catch whales,—
Charming 'tis with her to walk
Herring nets to make and mend
Then fhe tells me how, and I
Long a helping hand to lend.
When fhe fpreads them out to dry.
Plaice and flounders how they take, —
And how dry them on the fhore; ,1
UNA NON PIOUIA E L'AUTRA LASCIA.
HE WHO SERVES TWO MASTERS
How one man of fifh may make
Oft a catch of twenty fcore :
How they fifh with hook and net,
All fo pleafing like and true,
That by her bright eyes of jet
I'm both hook'd and netted too.
Galatea fays that (he
Likes no fifh, nor those who live
Or by fifbing, or the fea.
But the reafon fhe won't give.
Galatea's conftant theme
Is her butter and her cheefe ; —
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If in fhepherd's flouch I go,
Thetis, if fhe chance to fee.
Calls me Boor ! and jeers me fo.
That all eyes are turn'd on me !
Thus for two long years have I
Chafed this game, and nothing caught ; —
Juft as one " who hunts two hares,
Lofes both, and catches naught."
So, Mates, when you wooing go.
Fool is he who my way choofes ;
Who at once courts sweethearts two,
Pleafes neither, and both lofes !
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BEHOLD the Bridegroome comes, he takes his way,
Nor Man, nor Angell knowes the houre or day ;
He faies, he'le come, much like a theefe in night.
To judge the world with equity and right;
Angels fhall charge with trumpets founding cleare.
And Chrift as Judge fliall in the clouds appeare ;
The righteous and the wicked fhall arife,
Bodies and Soules, to pafTe upon that fize ;
He who the oyle of preparation hath.
Whom Chrift fhall find furnifh'd with faving faith ;
Shall with the blefled Bridegroome mount on hie,
Mongft Seraphimes triumphing glorioufly ;
But he who hath no oyle, nor faith at all.
Heavens dreadfull Judge fhall that man curfed call,
And banifh him into the pit of hell,
Where with the fiends for ever he muft dwell.
Far lie's Emblems.
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WHO CATCHES HIM.
FAIR TO THE EYE, THAT'S ALL.
In Recessu Klihil.
WITHIN IS EMPTINESS.
rOU fay that Ifabella is of fuch furpaffing grace,
So beautiful in form and ev'ry feature of her face ;
That you're furpris'd I do not afk her hand at once, as you
Affirm, if you were in my place, you would without ado.
But, Friend, you are miftaken, and you eftimate too high
The beauty of a figure, and the luftre of an eye:
Thefe I admit fhe has, but fomething wanting ftill I find —
Though beautiful in face, — fhe wants the beauty of the mind.
3ELLE CAGE, SANS OISEAU.
T\A/'0 EYES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT
She's like the handfome Monument, to which the fculptor's art
Has given grace and fymmetry to every outward part ;
Externally adorn'd with all that moft the eye can win.
All outward fliew like that is ftie, but empty all within.
Pay lefs regard to Form and Face, when you feleft a wife ;
The Beauty of the Mind alone is that which lafts for life.
A/f ISTAKEN Nature here has join'd
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When soul and body are unlike :
^ Pity that snowy breast should hide
0 Deceit and avarice and pride. — Pope.
Nam divinitus interdum, Venerisque sagittis,
5 Deteriore fit ut forma muliercula ametur;
Nam facit ipsa suis interdum fcemina factis,
Morigerisque modis, et mundo corpore culta,
Ut facile insuescat vir secum ducere vitam.— Lucret.
Plus aliquid forma est, plus est oculisque genisque ;
2 Plus aliquid toto corpore, quidquid amo. — Dan. Heyxsius.
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^ Quod tibi non fades, solaque forma dabit. — Ovid.
ft: Temerariis judiciis plena sunt omnia, de quo desperamus subito convertitur, et fit
< I optimus ; de quo multum praesumpseramus, deficit et fit pessimus, nee timor noster
certus est, nee amor. — ^August, de Past.
Judge not according to the Appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
John vii. 34.
The Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looketh on the heart. — i Sam. xvi. 7.
Favour is deceitful, and Beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she
shall be praised. — Proverbs xxxi. 30.
Tel semble sage en apparence,
Qui fol est en quintessence.
iS^Sy^S^S^ TO CHOOSE A WIFE. -s^S-Sn^;
S<S.S<S,^S>^ APPEARANCES ARE DECEITFUL. -Ss^-^^^^-Sxg:
Fronti nulla Fides.
'YyHEN travellers first the Pyramids behold,
Lifting their sun-lit tops in contrast bold
Against the splendour of th' Egyptian sky ;
Their grand dimensions to the fancy brings
The semblance of the Palaces of Kings ;
So great is their external majesty !
But what are they within ? — No Halls are there,
h No Royal Courts, nor Princely Chambers fair
0 The imaged scenes of Eastern pageantry.
H_ What then ? mere dust ! the Ashes of the Dead
Around, within, on every side outspread
1 In one drear, dread Sepulchral mockery
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Q Of judging from Appearances alone ;
Z "The Castles that we image in the
Q. Are not more empty — when the truth is known.
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Plus on a de fonds, et plus on est homme.
Q 'T~'HE Inside ought always to be worth as much again as the outward appearance.
~ There are people who have exterior only ; resembling houses which have not
been finished for want of funds : the entry is palatial, the inside a hovel. This kind
of Persons presents nothing to fix the attention, or rather, all within them is fixed ;
for after the first salutation the conversation is ended. They make their introductory
Q bow, after the fashion of the Sicilian horses, which after one or two caracoles become
0 suddenly metamorphosed into motionless taciturnity. For words are soon exhausted
when the mind is barren. It is easy for them to deceive others who like themselv
J" have nothing but appearance, but they are objects of pity to persons of discernment,
lU who soon discover that thev are empty within. — Gracian's Maxims.
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-£ IT'S empty: hark, it sounds: 'tis vain and void,
H What's here to be enjoy'd
But grief and sickness, and large bills of sorrow.
Drawn now, and cross'd to-morrow ?
Or what are men, but puffs of dying breath,
Reviv'd with living death 1
Fond youth, oh, build thy hopes on surer grounds
Than what dull flesh propounds :
Trust not this hollow world, 'tis empty : hark, it sound.s.
QuARLEs' Emblems.
A FOOLISH WOMAN IS KNOWN BY HER FINdRY.
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FAIR IS NOT FAIR, BUT THAT WHICH PL-EASETK
HO fo beholds this fmoaky fnuffe of mine,
He muft needs thinke that fometime I did fhine ;
But now my Light is gone, my glory's darke,
Onely of light I have the brand and marke.
Who for his Country hath with valour flood,
His wounds doe {hew, that he hath fpent his blood :
In Venus training who hath beene pradifed,
Some token he beares of what he exercifed.
The Schollars badge, are fallow lookes and blanch.
The gluttons is the fatnefle of his panch.
Vertue and vice doth leave fome token behind,
Which of themfelves doe put us ftill in minde.
Farlie's Emblems.
iPSS^gr^S^s^^S, OGNI DONNA A G^UALCHE T ACCA. -SsS-Ssg^-SsS:
UNION GIVES STRENGTH.
Vechtende Koeyen voegen haar te samen, ah de Wolf komt.
WHEN THE WOLF COMES, THE OXEN LEAVE OFF
FIGHTING TO UNITE IN SELF-DEFENCE.
OT long ago, fome oxen of our herds upon the moor,
In furious fight among themfelves, as oft I've feen before,
Were fuddenly furpris'd to fee fome Wolves, which, crouching low,
Were ftealing on the herd to ftrike an unexpected blow.
Like magic, all at once, th' iiitcftine feuds and bloodfhed ceafc,
EENDRAGT GEEFT MAGT.
:g^>S-WARS WITHOUT, MAKE PEACE AT HOME.
As though the common danger had fubdued them all to peace :
And quick, — as if imprefs'd with all the folly of their ftrife ;
Made fenfible that Union alone could fave the life
Of each and all, — to face the foe they hafte a ring to form.
And croup to croup clofe prefs'd make front to meet th' impending ftorm.*
Twas just in time ! for fcarcely were they marfhall'd back to back,
When down upon the herd already burfts the rav'ning pack:
But all in vain the Wolves aflail ; for everywhere they meet
Z A phalanx of oppofmg horns, their onfet fierce to greet ; >
• And high in air uptofs'd, or difembowell'd on the plain, — j
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^ So fhould confed'rate States and Peoples hufh all inward ftrite, q
When from without a foreign foe aflails the Nation's life ; ^
1 All difcords then out-trodden — 'tis by Unity alone '. {Jj
The Free fhall fave their Freedom, and the Brave preferve their own.
* The instinctive resort of homed cattle to this mode of defence against the wolf, is more especially
remarkable, and of very frequent occurrence, among the herds of half wild horses in the Bukowina, and
on the Pusztas of Hungary, with the difference that these form the "Karika" or Ring, with their heels
outwards, in order to give the wolves the full advantage of that characteristic and efficient mode of
defence of the horse. — A'o/f of Translator.
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J I /^ON'CORDI.\ parvEe res crescunt : discordia aulem niaxiinae dilabuntur.
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Q ' Sacrum e.st Pacis nomen, et quod vi.\ lerram sapiat : nee alio nomine Hebraei To I 2
> fuly\v, ipsam adeb perfectionem, innuebant : nee quid aliud humano generi luhentius | Q.
5 ^el gratulati sunt Angeli, vel legavit Cliri.stus, vel Apostoli prjeceperunt, &:c. I ^.
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CoM.MUNF. periculum dissidentes conjungit. Insiante toninuini pcriculo. conciliari
solent dissidentium animi. — Dioxvs. Halicani. lib. 8.
DIVERSITY OF HUMOURS ENGENDERS TUMOURS.
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Ne point montrer le doigt malade.
Shew not where your finger ails.
For every one will strike you there. Beware also to complain of it, for in as much
as Malice always attacks the weakest point, the show of resentment and suffering only
serves to gratify and to divert it. The malice of mankind always endeavours to unhinge ;
it gives utterance to cutting words, and resorts to every expedient, until it has dis-
covered the sore, where it can pierce to the quick. The man of sense and tact
never exposes his weak point, whether personal or hereditary; because Fortune herself
takes delight sometimes in wounding the place where she knows the pain will be felt
most acutely. .She always mortifies to the quick. Consequently it is reijuisite to
conceal from mankind all knowledge both of that which mortifies, and of that wliich
gives satisfaction ; in order to bring the former to the speediest termination, and to
make the latter endure the longer — Gracian.
Strength is increased by Concord.
The fast faggot is not easily broken.
L'Union fait la Force.
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Unius dissensione totus consensionis globus disjectus sit. — Nepos.
Adversity tries friends.
Q In angustis amici boni appar
God helps those who help theniselvt
(0 Fortes Fortuna juvat.
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^i ipsi sibi sapiens prodesse >iequis, ne quidquam sapit.
Cicero, Ep. lib. vii.
In circumstances of difiiculty, there is no better company than a resolute heart ;
and if that should happen to fail, it should be aided by the Mind. Difficulties grow
less for them who know how to help themselves. Submit not to the strokes of ad-
versity without an effort to overcome them, lest they become less endurable. Some
persons help themselves so little in their troubles, that they increase them, for want of
knowing how to meet and bear them with courage. He who knows himself well, finds
assistance to his weakness in reflection. The man of judgment comes out of every
dilemma with credit and advantage to himself
WHERE THE KNOT IS LOOSE, THE STRING SLIPPETH.
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NA/HERE NECESSITY PINCHES,
'HILST I give light to others, I decay ;
I lofe my felfe, whilft I to others play :
I watch all night with an unfleepy eye,
And oft, before the day doth dawne, I dye :
How oft am I by bluftering Boreas mockt,
And lighting others, I my felfe am chokt ;
If tumult, of a night aflailing be,
I am employed, no reft, no peace for me :
What moft of men negleft, that I obferve.
To fuccour others, though my felfe fhould ftarve :
A Law but not of nature, which direfts
All of themfelves to have the prime refpeds.
Codrus the King, his Country to defend.
Much like a Prodigall his life did fpend ,
The Pelican to feede her plumelefle brood,
Doth lance her breaft, and ftraine her pureft blood,
The watchfull fheepherd feldome feeing fleepe,
Directs, and keepes from wolves his ftraying sheepe :
Even Chrift himfelfe, the Sonne of the moft Hie,
Did fuffer death, left mortal! man fhould die.
Farlie's Emblems.
BOUDNESS IS PRUDENCE.
SEMPER OB INSIDIIS CYNTHIA FLERE SOLET.
Dum floral, vorat.
WHILE SHE WEEPS, SHE DEVOURS.
\LLING a few days fince to pav
A vifit to my miflrefs fair,
Her face quite fill'd me with difmay,
She look'd fo pale and wan with care.
That fhe, fo full of life and fong,
As was her wont, thus fad fhould be,
Made me conclude, that fomething wrong
Had her befall'n— or p'rhaps that flic
Had got fome filly doubts of me.
VRIENT, LET'ER OP; MEN VINT'ER NOCH.
BEAUTE ET FOUIE SONT SOUVENT
Well, deareft love ! — but what is this ?
What ails? what has occurr'd to thee
Why then so cold ? — not e'en one kifs
Art ill— or difcontent with me ?
Nay, nay, thou'rt ill I'm fure — I fee,
I know it by thy drooping eye.
Thou lookft not as thou'rt wont on me,
Come let me know, — why then that figh ?-
Speak, speak, did I yet aught deny ?
But long fhe made me no reply.
Though ftill fhe figh'd, and I could fee,
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Z Until at length quite griev'd, I faid, >
-* Come ceafe this weeping — fpeak then, do — q.
Tell me thy grief, nor be afraid
If filent thus, how can I know
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< Her pretty hand, and murm rmg low — . -
Alas! 'tis this — (fhe fighing faid)
^ My caufe of grief, fince you will know : 3
^ A fad misfortune I have had
^ That e'er fo lucklefs I could be ! I_
I've loft — I'm fure I fhall go mad — ^
That handfome ring you gave to me !
Which all admir'd who us'd to fee.
And then— Oh ! woe is me!— to-day,
While walking in the Park, I felt
The Bracelet on my arm give way,
I really thought my heart would melt :
I look'd, and lo ! the diamond clafp
Which held the ftring of pearls I wear.
Had broken fomehow at the hasp ! —
You know what fplendid pearls they were :
Well I eight arc loft, I do declare !
?-.^i?<S-:3<S^ EN COMPAC3NIE.
ig^ g^UI FEMME CROIT, ET ANE MENE, -®^
Oh ! how shall I this loss repair ? —
All thy best presents thus to lose .;-
I've scarce a jewel now to wear
And fifty pounds won't replace those
When she had ended this lament,
Her sobs and tears came fast anew,
And I, upon her grief intent,
gj" Knew neither what to say or do,
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0 How best her grief somewhat t' allay,
^ A Jeweller my notice caught,
J Who seem'd by chance t' have come that way
y. Greeting us both with much respect,
5 He op'd his caskets to our view
^ And said — Sir, p'rhaps you'll not object ^
^ To let me shew some rings to you — 3
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2- At once, at sight of all his ware,
A costly diamond ring first seiz'd,
^"j The finest, largest he had there
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Of ring that I have wish'd for
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- To buy me that ! — 'twould soothe my woe ! —
And, as she spoke, she kiss'd me too.
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Ask'd him the cost ; and being told, Gf
5 Began to bid for it apace , ,
l~ I found I'd just the sum in gold : Hj
-J But nothing in the price would he
Q Abate — and she, with eyes still red,
Look'd in my face so anxiously
That e'er I well knew what I said,
The ring was bought, and money paid.
(f) That I'd been cheated to my face,
^ Since then I found to my surprise
g" The thing was plann'd to time and place,
It was her Brother in disguise
'Twas her own diamond ring that I
Had bought and paid for o'er anew
So when you see your Mistress cry,
Take heed, my Friends, what 'tis you do.
But laugh or cry 'tis much the same.
They're both the sex's Winning Game.
SON CORPS NE SERA JAMAIS SANS PEINE.
UA FEMME FOI_l_E EST BRUANTE.
HEN that my clammy fubftance was entire,
was an earthly nurfe of heav'n-bred fire ;
Now envious time doth me in afhes turne
And to a tedious fnuffe my light doth burne :
Loe I have done, take thou this light of mine;
I yeeld, doe what thou canft, the turne is thine.
So the Comedian having plaid his fhare,
Gives place to others, who then adors are :
A King his weighty office having done.
Dying transfers his Scepter to his fonne :
When that the crafie Souldiers ftrength doth faile,
The younger muft the enemy aflaile.
Happy is he the evening of whofe dales
Doth crowne his death with ever-living bayes.
Farlie's Emblems.
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A FOOUISH NA/OMAN IS CUAMOROUS.
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BETTER BEND THAN BREAK.
Cedendo Victor abibis.
BY YIELDING THOU MAY'ST CONQUER.
T" HAT the (lender Reed you fee,
Chafd and driven by the hiaft,
Should not foon uprooted be,
Or upon the waters caft ; —
That fo frail a thing in form
Is not quickly borne away,
Rent to tatters by the ftorm.
Is a wondrous thing;, you fay ?
FUECTI NON FRANGI
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THAT ENDURETH, IS NOT OVERCOME.
Since fo oft the ftately Oak,
Tow'ring upward to the fkies.
Is uprooted by the ftroke,
E'en defpite its ftrength and fize !
Strange as this may feem to thee,
'Tis with wife inftrudion rife,
And imports how men may be
Viftors in the ftorms of Lift.
Things of lowly growth and height
Have but little weight to bear ;
And, whate'er the tempeft's might.
Feel it in diminifh'd fhare :
Lefs expos'd to every wind
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A UREAM quisquis mediocritatem
Diligit, tutus caret obsoleti
Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda
Sobrius aula.
Horace, lib. ii. Od.
Felix, mediaj quisquis turbce
Parte quietus, aura stringit
Littora tuta, timidusque mari
Credere cymbam, remo terras
Propriore legit. — Senec.a, Agamcm.
Crede mihi, ben^ qui latuit, benfe vixit, et intrh
Forlunani debet quisque manere .suani. — Ihin.
UiaHT BURDENS BRAK NAE BANES- -5>e;
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cS^=S. YIEUDINQ STAYS WAR. 'S>3^
Rebus in adversis facile est contemnere vitani,
Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest.
In adverse times, 'tis easy of life's burdens to complain ;
But nobler far, with fortitude to suffer, and sustain.
The gods take pleasure oft when haughty mortals
On their own Pride erect a mighty fabric,
By slightest means to lay their towering schemes
Low in the dust, and teach them they are nothing.
Tho.mson. .
Though plung'd in ills, and exercis'd in care, 0
Yet never let the noble mind despair : ^j_
When press'd by dangers, and beset by foes,
The gods their timely succour interpose ;
And when our Virtue sinks, o'erwhelm'd with grief, I"
By unforeseen e.xpedients bring relief — Philips. 2
Storms often fell the stately oak, 3
High mountains feel the thunder's stroke ; 1 <
And lofty tow'rs, when winds assail, ! q.
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Than doth the reed upon the shore,
Which rises when the storm is o'er. 1 0
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Meek resignation felt without alloy ; ' qj
Jehovah ! from whose ever bounteous store, 1 1 J
Mercy, and joy, untainted blessings pour; j
Who bidst us ask, and asking not amiss, || S2
Convey'st an heavenly, in an earthly bliss ; ^j
Whose hand protects us, and whose eye pervades, 0
Whose promise cheers us, and whose grace persuades ; ^
Though thron'd on high, where blessed spirits bow, p
And blissful saints sublimest raptures know : <
Yet stooping low as earth, our prayers are heard.
Our wants reliev'd, and all our sorrows cheer'd :
Alike thy fondness to thy creatures shew'd
In what's withholden as in what's bestow'd.
Then let me pause— and if presumptuous thought
Aly humble state bewails, or grieves at aught ;
O soothe with calm content, that I may share
Thy gifts with grateful heart, whate'er they 2iXt.—Aiioii.
HIGH BIRTH IS A POOR DISH ON THE TABLE.
I F thus my light nights fahle filence glads.
Making a cheerefull roome in midnight fhads ;
If Gold'n-like Phoebus and his filver fifter,
He in the day, fhee in the night doth glifter ;
What thought-furpaffing light then fhall that be,
When we in Heaven Empyrean God fhall fee ?
Sooner thou canft the world hold in thy hand.
Or in a fhell containe the glaffie ftrand ;
Than tell how glorious is the light of Heaven,
That dark'ns the Sunne, Moone, Stars, and Planets feven :
This onely tell : it is not Phoebus light.
Nor Phoebes, nor the fpangles of the night.
That light which tongue cannot, nor mind defcry.
Once (halt thou fee, a fupreame Deity.
Far lie's Emblems.
S^S.SO' ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. -Ssg^-Ss©
S^a- \A/HO BEOINS AMISS ENDS AMISS. 'S>^
Assdi rumori, e poca lana.
GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL.
WWEREIN we {ee a fomewhat novel Sight,
Km To which the Reader's notice we invite :
One maa doth fliear a Sheep, and ftrange to fee,
Another lliears a Pig in company.
Let us confider what this thing may mean ;
Perchance therefrom fome leffon we may glean.
He, who the Pig doth fhear, the fenfelefs lout.
Believes he knows full well what he's about;
VEEL C3ESCHREEUWS, EN LUTTEL V\/01_.
DON'T LEAVE THE HIGH ROAD FOR A SHORT CUT.
And that when done, to hitn there will accrue
By tar the greater profit of the two.
The Pig's the heavieft beaft he thinks, no doubt, .
Has thickeft fat, and much the longeft fnout ;
But the unruly brute, like all his kind,
Is hard to manage, nor at all inclin'd
To yield fubmiffive to his treatment new,
And gives his Shearer roughifh work to do.
Rending the air with fhrilleft, piercing fhrieks.
He kicks and ftruggles, twifts about and fqueaks
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His lap not only, but his bafket full.
Attefl which Shearer hath the better gains,
Both as to profit and to gift of brains.
'Tis thus in life we not unfrequent fee,
How fome Men labour long and wearily.
T' achieve a purpofe which they have in view,
Yet lofe their labour and the object too ;
The while that others eafily attain
A kindred purpofe, with completeft gain.
In all men do, fo much on tact depends.
That where that fails, fuccefs but rare attends;
^ff=^^?^-?.<3<S, DON'T RECKON NA^ITHOUT YOUR HOST. -S^e5-B^^^s^i!::
DO THE LIKELIEST AND HOPE THE BEST.
That which is well confidered belt iucceeds ;
That which is well conduced furell Ipeeds :
Hence who in Shearing would no profit lack,
Should choofe a beaft with wool upon its back ;
Confider well all he would take in hand,
Nor mix with matters he don't underftand :
What one Man does, another fails to do ;
What's fit for me, may not be fit for you.
A L te wijs kan niet beginnen,
Al te geek kan niet versinnen ;
Tusschen mal, en tusschen vroet,
Wint men wel het meeste goet.
Hv moet wagen
Die wil bejagen.
DiK dit en gint geduerig schroomeii.
Hoe konnen die tot rijckdom komen ?
Gatd guantato non prese mai sorci.
'T Mach wayen, stil zijn, vloeyen, of ebbcii,
Die niet en waegt en sal niet hehben.
SuMPiuM facial oportet is qui lucrum quaerit.
RiKX ne s"acquiert sans aventure, et rien sc conserxe sans Industrie
Chi guerda a ogni piuma, non fa mai letto.
Sdnder wagen niet vergaren,
Sonder wijsheyt niet bewaren.
Dnc elcke veer wil sien en raken,
Hoe kan die oyt een bedde maken ?
Qui na' guerre.
N'a guerre.
Neringh en is geen erf.
Qui perd le sien, perd le sens.
WHO DOES TOO MUCH OFTEN DOES LITTLE.
WHO PROVES TOO MUCH PROVES NOTHING.
"Y Light up to Heav'ns Manfions ftill doth move,
Seeking his native place of reft above ;
But being ty'd in bondage to this frame,
It ftoopes to feeke his food, and feed his flame :
So ftill it finkes downeward, untill it turne
Into a fnufte, and afties ceafe to burne.
My mind, I know not how, longeth to five,
Unto the Heavenly Courts and Saphire fkv,
But ftill its plung'd, fo to the body bound,
That its compel'd to grovell on the ground :
Thus cralling for its food my foule can fret,
And tafting Lote, his Country doth forget.
Farlie's Emblems.
;S<5^i?=a- DRIVE THE NAIL THAT WILL C30. -S>S^S>^
THE EMPTY CASK MAKES THE MOST SOUNC
Krepel ivil altHdt voor dan>en.
CRIPPLE WILL ALWAYS LEAD THE DANCE.
^ROSSING o'er a Village green,
V Once I faw a pleafant fcene ;
Country lads and lafles gay,
Dancing on the firft of May,
Singing, Hiouting, full of glee ;
'Twas a pleafant fight to fee
How they danc'd the May-pole round,
To the Bagpipe's merry found.
•■S<^ THE WORST WHEEL. CREAKS MOST. -SxS
S<S.<s<S.^^O, AN UNPLEASANT GUEST '^^.g^s^^^el^
When the Piper ftirilleft play'd,
Greater was the noife they made ;
And not one but feem'd to be
Almofl: mad with jollity.
But among them all was one
Who in noife the reft outdone.
He, the leader of the game,
Was both bandy-legg'd and lame,
With a club-foot of fuch fize.
As quite fill'd me with furprife,
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Though to limp is all he can,
Cripple is a clever man.
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Is the firft to have his fay,
And, unaflc'd, will lead the way
With opinions and conceits.
Where the world-wife hefitates ?
Would you know whence this derives ?
'Tis that wifdom flower drives :
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But a Fool, all hafte that he
Something may be thought to be,
Do or fay, be what it may.
Will in all things lead the way.
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£ " Fools are they who fafteft drive,"
And its well known proverb twin,
" Cripple will the dance begin."
(U C^ATALIS iniperitire pedissequa est Impudentia, et inanis jactatio.
I At initium Sapientia;, imperiti^e su:b agnitio.
Spes est melior de stulto, quam de sapiente in oculis suis. — AraA Aihv:;.
<t I Qui plus balbutiunt, plus loquuntur.
> : L'abbatu veut toujours lutter.
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•^ ' Hoe slimmer timmer-man, hoe meerder spaenders.
Veel roemen melt een dommen geest :
Q_ I Een ydel vat bomt aldermeest.
*t j Hoe slimmer wiel, hoe meer het raest.
Een penning in den spaer-pot maeckt meer geraes dan als hy vol is.
Cest la jilus meschante roiie du chariot, qui niene le plus grand bruit.
In another sense.
QuANUo la cornemusa fe plena, commincia a sonare.
When the bag-pipe's full it begins to sound.
Stultum, quam .semi-stultum ferre, facilius est. — BL-n-Sjra.
A FOOL \A/HO HOLDS HIS TONGUE PASSES FOR WISE.
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A FULU SACK PRICKS UP ITS EARS.
fH wretch unworthy of thy infamous name,
Burne not this facred Church, to raife thy fame :
For though twas built by Heath'ns impiety.
Yet ought it not be thus deftroy'd by thee :
Truft me impiety every where is nought,
And Heath'ns their heathen profanenefle dearly bought :
Let Tolofe gold, and Delphus robbery,
And Hammons fandy ire this teftifie :
It's thine, not my default, for I was made
For facrifice, and to make Creatures glad.
Nothing fo harmelefie and fo good can be,
Which may not hurt, by mans impiety.
Far lie's Emblems.
•fe-O, A FOOL- Wll_l_ HAVE HIS FL.ING. -SsS
GLI DENARI SONO SPIRITI FOLLETTI.
Feu, 'Toux, Amour, et Argent 7ie se cachent longuement.
FIRE, COUGH, LOVE, AND MONEY, ARE NOT LONG
CONCEALED.
HIS Candle I would carry fo
That neighbours cannot fee
A gleam of Light that may in aught
Reveal a glimpfe of me;
For if I can, no one will watch
Me then, and I may go
QUIS ENIM BENE CELET AMOREM ?
DAER DE SCHAT IS, IS HET HERTE,
■ Where'er I lift, without the fear
I That any one will know.
But ftill, in fpite of all I do,
I fear the light Is feen ;
Its rays ftill ftream thro' all the holes
And Lanthorn's chinks between ;
Whatever care I take, howe'er
I ftrive to fhade it o'er.
Some gleams pierce thro' behind, or at
The fide, or thro' the door.
My neighbour's very old, and as
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As ev'ry one muft own,
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To make his courtfliip fure.
The fprightly lafs, tho' ftriving all
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Young Maiden's heart to gain,
I And bids him reft content to fleep
Alone, and not complain :
But if a Wife hfe's bent to have,
The beft thing he can do.
Is one of his own age to choofe,
Who has a bad cough too.
A fellow who to gain his bread,
Runs errands here and there,
Found recently, a purfe well fill'd
; With ducats, in the Square :
EN DE HANDT IS BY DE SMERTE,
:2"=S'HOE DATJE QEUT OF LIEFDE SLUYT, -S^
!| With joy elate he took it home,
And to his Wife he faid :
Look here ! dear Trijii ! I've found a prize
Our fortune now is made !
But you ! you muft not breathe a word ;
So mind you what you do !
No one, Trijn, fave yourfelf, muil: aught
Of this good Wind-fall know !
No longer now with meflages
Will I run here and there ;
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|}j Drefs fine, prate large, and treat or this
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Such paltry jobs he fays are quite
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The Daughter, fhe is drefs'd as fii
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And mourns within a cell, that he
' Had left an honeft trade.
The fprightly Trijn in forrow blames
Her foolish fpendthrift-riot ;
And all becaufe the money would
Not reft in peace and quiet.
HET WYL, HET SAL, HET MOET'ER UY"
THERE IS NOTHING SO SECRET
PY Light is gone, yet hope doth ftill remaine,
That Light revived fhall me quick'n againe.
I gaine by death, for fo I longer laft,
Life fhall returne, after fome houres are paft.
All of us dye, when this our threed is fpunne,
And cut, deaths droufie fleepe is then begunne.
After the ghueft is gone, the Innes decay.
Our body's turn'd to rubbifh and to clay ;
Untill the foule returning doe poflefle
Our bodies in Eternall happinefle.
Farlie's Emblems.
(S<&-iS<^ BUT IT TRANSPIRES. -S«r-S^
EVERY ONE SPEAKS AS HE IS.
Elck Vogeltje singt soot gebeckt is.
EVERY BIRD SINGS ACCORDING TO HIS BEAK.
IS an old Saying and a true,
That ev'ry bird fings its own note ;
Nor can it any other do
But as permits its beak and throat.
Whene'er you rove thro' field or wood,
And well attend with ears and eyes.
EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE
EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN CALLINa,
You'll find the Proverb juft and good,
Whate'er the bird in fhape or fize.
Thofe which a hook'd fharp beak have got,
Are for the moft part Birds of Prey,
And bent alone on War, they wot
No note of fong or minftrelfy.
Whene'er near rivers, lake or flood
You chance a flat-beak'd bird to meet.
From groping in the flufh and mud.
Be fure his voice is never fweet.
The birds with longer flute-like beak.
Might more be thought to fong inclin'd,
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God gives the little now and then,
A talent rare and quality
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And would you feek a tuneful throat,
You'll find throughout the feather'd throng,
The greater beak the harflier note.
The fmaller beak the fweeter fong.
As with the Fowls of earth and air.
Not fo with Man — he hath no beak.
But in his mouth beyond compare
The nobler Godlike power to fpeak !
And when he fpeaks in fpirit kind.
What note of bird more foftly fweet
To breathe the mufic of the mind.
When kindred hearts and fpirits meet I
OX TO THE PLOUGH.
EVERY ONE SNEEZES AS QOD PLEASES.
But when the mouth of Man outpours
The blaft of Paffion's wrathful breath.
The Lion not more fiercely roars
His angry note of blood and death !
Hence what befalls mankind between.
Comes from a deeper fource exprefs'd,
Where fits, by ev'ry eye unfeen
But God's, the impulfe of the breaft.
The Mouth commands, implores, decries,
As moves the Heart, and gives thereto
The tone which moft its will implies,
By force or foftnefs to fubdue.
Hence ye who fpeaic in bitter tone.
And fiercely wound another's heart,
Beware, and learn to curb thine own.
Left it repay thee fmart for fmart.
As " by his ears the Afs is known,"
A truth which no one can impeach,
" The Man," as Proverbs long have fhewn,
" Is known as truly by his fpeech."
TAlE rede verrath das hertz.
The speech betrays the man.
Au chant cognoit on I'oiseau,
Et au parler le bon cerveau.
Al suono si cognosce la saldezza del vaso.
Was der Man kan,
Zeiget seine rede an.
Nabal nabala idaber. — Turkish Adage.
Id est,
Stultus stulta loquitur.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.— J/r?////^z,
g<a.-?<S.g>^ EVERY MAN IN HIS WAY. "B^S-Bj^^-bs^
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ATURE propounds a dilemme, chufe I muft,
Either to dye by light, or rot by ruft :
If I feeke eafe and reft, then lafinelTe
Doth me confume with mouldy hoarinefle ;
But if I love to fhine with glorious ray.
Then by my flames in teares I melt away.
Patience doth light'n this evill : I wifh to live
In glorious light, and light to others give.
This life is worne out with laborious toile.
And flothfull reft doth minde and body fpoile;
But yet it's better for to dye a fparke.
Than like a laizie moule to live in darke.
Farlie's Emblems.
EVERY MAN AS HIS BUSINESS LIES.
A STILU TONGUE MAKES A WISE HEAD.
On ne frevd Lievre au Tabourin, ny Oiseau a la Tartevelle.
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NOR BIRDS WITH TARTLETS.
¥WE who by beat of drum would catch a hare,
KE. Took the beft means his purpofe to defeat ;
For foon as Pufs the noife began to hear.
With ears erect fhe quickly left her feat,
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BIRDS ARE ENTANQLED BY THEIR FEET,
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Within its leafy cover got away,
Leaving our friend and dogs, however good,
But little chance their fleetnefs to display :
So that at eve, returning from his sport.
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His ftrange device — for not a hare he took !
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ExiMiA est Virtus, prtestare silentia rebus :
At contra gravis est culpa, tacenda loqui.— Ovid, 2 Art.
Weise Lent' haben ihren Mund em Herzen.
Alle vogels schouuen d'opciibare nettcn.
Chi dice tutto quel ch'egli sa, fa tutto quel ch"egli puo, c niangia cio ch'egli ha ;
non gli resta niente.
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Sag' nicht Alles das Du weist,
Glaub' nicht Alles das Du horest,
Thue nicht Alles das Du kannst,
Wisse nicht Alles das Du lisest.
MuLTORUM conscii pauca loquuntur.
In ira nihil decentius quam cum adest silentium. Plutarch, de Cohib. Ird.
Vestigatoribus et venatoribus diurni nocturnique labores essent irriti, si non
silentio priusqukm venabulis et impetu, feras interciperent.
Carol. Paschal. Virt. et Vit. cap. ^2.
Qui veut prendre oiseau, ne faut I'eftaroucher.
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0 [ that is a real triumph. We pay tribute to all to whom we disclose our affairs. The
security of Prudence consists in interior moderation. The things we would do should
be kept to ourselves, and those which may be told may not be good to do.*
We should hear and see, but thereby be silent. — Grachn's Maxims.
S'lL y a beaucoup d'art a parler, il n'y en a pas nioins a se taire.
La Rochefoucauld.
Silence is the Sanctuary of Prudence.
point of being conquered and convinced.
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never did what he said, and the son never said wliat he did.
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SAY NOT ALL THOU KNOWEST.
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Forthwith fhe tinnes a Light, then with her hroome
She neatly fweepes the corners of the roome:
Thus from the duft and darkenefTe when fhe finds it,
More than the Phrygian Midas wealth fhe mindes it.
Our foule a divine fparke fince that it fell
Into Cimmerian darkenefTe of this cell,
The foules true knowledge doth appeare no more
Which goeth beyond Pygmalions richefl flore.
Then muft we light Cleanthes Lamp and find
By ftudy, the lofl: treafure of our mind.
Far lie's Emblems.
BELIEVE NOT ALL THOU HEAREST.
UlTTLE CHIPS KINDLE A LARQE FIRE.
Culex fodit oculum Leonis.
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FRIENDS ! come here and lift to me !
Something ftrange I would relate ;
Should it prove of ufe to thee,
That will me well compenfate.
Though fo ftrong the Lion be,
Though fo full of Majcfty,
LITTLE BROOKS MAKE OREAT RIVERS.
LITTLE BODIES HAVE GREAT SOULS.
Though his eyes fo fiercely gleam.
And fo terrible he feem ;
That no man, whoe'er he be,
Can unmov'd his anger fee ;
Yet the gnat, though he's fo fmall.
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<S<^ LITTLE MISCHIEF, TOO MUCH. -SnS:
SMALL GAINS BRING GREAT WEALTH.
There's nothing with more danger fraught
Than what is little, to defpife ;
There's neither man nor brute fo great
But, like the Lion pictur'd here,
May learn to rue the wrath and hate
Of that which feem'd too fmall to fear.
JNIMICUM quamvis humilem docti est metuere
A cane non magno saspfe tenetur aper.— Ovid. Art.
Leo etiam minimanim avium fit pabulum.— Curtius.
Un petit homme abat bien grand' chesne.
Een kleyn man, met een kleyn geweer,
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Habet et musca splenem.
Et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent— Martial, i. Ep. 4.
Ne despicias debilem ; nam Culex fodit oculum leonis.— Strabo.
A MOUSE in tyme maye bite in two a cable.— (9/./ £//-//s/i Proverb. ^
Tread a worm on the tayle, and it wil turne againe.— 7?/^'. 0
'TwAS the Mouse that set the Lion free. — Ibid.
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Un petit moucheron pique bien un grand cheval.
Een Kat siet wel op een Koning.
■ A cat maye looke at a Kinge.— (9/,/ English Proverb.
Il n'y a si grand, ni si sage,
Qui de petit n'ait bien dommage.
Il est bien petit qui ne'peut nuire.
Gesellen, wilt uw wel beraden,
Hy is wel klein die niet kan schaden.
Il n'est pas sage qui n'a peur d'un fol.
Es ist nicht an der grosse gelegen,
Sonst erliefif eine kuh einen hasen.
Grande Ville rien dedans ;
Petite chose nuist souvent.
Anche la moscha ha la sua collcra.
SMALL RAIN LAYS A GREAT WIND.
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DON'T DIVIDE THE SPOIL BEFORE THE VICTORY IS WON.
ONE candle difpels the darkenefle of the night,
And many doe refemble Phoebus light :
One Sunne illight'ns the round globe every where,
What way th' horizon bounds the hemifphere :
If you ten thoufand thoufand Sunnes fhould fee
At once, O what a daylight would that be !
When Chrift amidft the clouds our doome shall plead,
When Earth and Sea fhall render up their dead.
Saints more then ftarres at once fhall mount on hye.
As glorious Sunnes, to meete Chrift in the fkye.
That day fhall drive away the darkenefle fo.
That after that, no day fhall darkenefle know.
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TRY YOUR FRIEND ERE YOU TRUST HIM.
Jniis font conime le Melon ; De dix foiivent pas iin de bon.
LIKE MELONS, FRIENDS ARE TO BE FOUND IN PLENTY,
OF WHICH NOT EVEN ONE IS GOOD IN TWENTY.
fN choofiiig Friends, it's requifite to ufe
The felf-fame care as when we Melons choofe :
No one in hafte a Melon ever buys,
Nor makes his choice till three or four he tries ;
And oft indeed when purchafing this fruit,
Before the buyer can find one to fuit,
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False Judgment of the Many.
Fortune now
To my heart's hope ! — gold, silver and base lead.
" Who chooseth me, must give and hazard all he hath."
You shall look fairer, ere I give or hazard.
What says the golden chest ? ha ! let me see : —
"Who chooseth me, shall gain what many men desire."
What many men desire ! — That many may be meant
Of the fool multitude, that choose by Show,
Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach :
Which pries not to the interior, but, like the martlet,
Builds in the weather on the outward wall.
Even in the force and road of casualty.
I will not choose what many men desire.
Because I will not jump with common spirits.
And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.
.SH.4KESPEARE, Merchant of Venice.
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Contract no friendships with persons of less worth than yourself; you will derive
more harm than benefit from them. — Confucius.
If you desire to know a man's sentiments towards you, consult him upon something
^ which interests you ; his reply will reveal to )'0u his whole heart, and whether he is
HJ I your friend or your enemy. — Plato.
"' ' Take not your friends at hazard ; attach yourself only to men worthy of your
friendship. — Isocrates.
The friendship of the wicked has no duration ; but Time worketh no change in
the friendship of the good. — Ibid.
Amicum ita habeas, posse ut fieri hunc inimicum scias. — Laberius.
Be on such terms with your friend as if you knew that he may one day become
your enemy.
It is better to untie, than to break a friendship. — Cato.
Our friends sometimes exhibit vices which have long been concealed. 'l"he best
thing then to be done is to abate your intercourse gradually. You should unstitch, but
not tear. — Cicero.
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:S^S^c^<S^^g=<S^ TRUST MAKES WAY FOR TREACHERY. •'Ss©-S>=Z;-S>2;
JN fecret filence of the night what's done
Is truft to me, concealed from the Sunne
Phoebus did Mars and Venus love betray.
And turning backe did greater crimes bewray :
What I doe fee when witnefle is afleepe,
That like Harpocrates I clofely keepe.
Let mortals learne to rule their tongue by me,
What lawfull fecret they doe heare or fee.
Far lie's Emblems.
TRUST NOT A GREAT WEIGHT TO A SLENDER THREAD.
EVERY ONE FOR HIMSELF AND GOD FOR US ALL.
Ogni Gallo ruspa a fe.
EVERY COCK SCRATCHES TOWARDS HIMSELF.
ENTLE Reader, would you fee —
Would you fomewhat wifh to know
Life, depidled truthfully,
And how things in this World go ?
Simple though this Emblem be,
In thefe bufy Fowls you'll find.
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSEL', G^UO' THE MARTIN. •-S>S;
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Symbolifed moft faithfully,
Type moft apt of Human Kind.
Well obferve how ev'ry one.
Picking, fcratching here and there.
Looks to felf, and felf alone,
Recklefs how his neighbours fare.
Not a bird among them all
Shews another bird a grain,
Tells him where he faw one fall.
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WiE brengt'er water tot sijn buer-mans buys, als sijn eygen buys brant ?
EixK wil de boter op sijn koeck hebben.
Elck voor hem selven, en Godt voor ons alien.
Ch.acun tire Teau a son moulin.
Ch.^cun estudie pour soy.
CH.ACUN tire ii son profit.
QuiSQUE sua; casx.
A i..\ Cour du Roy
Chacun pour soy.
AIDE TOI, DIEU T'AIDERAS.
A' St^fK-a HAE A'.
Es denckt ein yeder in seinen Sack.
Ogni grillo grilla a sc.
Ognun lira I'acqua al suo mulino.
TuTTi vogano alia galiota.
Tirano a se.
Ogniuno caccia con la rete al suo fratello.
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Vergader graen in uwe schuren.
De Oegst en sal niet eeuwigh duerei).
Es ist alle tage Jagen-tag,
Aber nit alle tage fange-tag.
Provision faite en saison.
Fait de bien .^ la maison.
SELF'S THE MAN.
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EVERY ONE RAKES THE FIRE UNDER HIS OWN POT.
HILST theeves doe digge at middle of the night,
Working the works of darkenefle, not of Light;
No fooner through the window they me fpy
But they affrighted turne their backes and fly.
This Light ill-doers no wayes can abide.
Simply revealing, what they falfely hide.
There was a time when all in darkeneffe lay,
When mortals had a naturall night, no day ;
Then Satan that arch-theefe did range abroad,
Seeking in hearts and houfes his aboad ;
But fince that Chrifl:s bright Starre had fhewne his Light,
Great Pan is dead, the Devill is put to flight.
Far lie's Emblems.
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Schoon voor-doen is half verkocht.
WELL SET-OFF IS HALF SOLD.
HO would learn the art of wooing
And enfure the moft fiiccefs :
Or acquire the art of doing
Winning things with moft addrefs ;
Need not learned volumes open,
Writers old, In foreign fpeech,
But may fee it plainly fpoken
In the leflbn I now teach.
5^a^ WELL BEQUN IS HALF DONE.
WELL DONE OUTLIVES DEATH.
In your manner unpretentious,
Yet, be diligent to fhow,
Without being too fententious.
All the pleafing things you know.
While you ftrive to pleaie and ferve all
To attain the end in view.
Well examine, and obferve all
Without feeming fo to do.
If in them you faults difcover.
Shew not you thofe faults perceive ;
But if difficult to fmother.
That they're flight, let them believe.
By this rule abide in all things,
^ And you'll be efteemed the more.
Nothing in life more fuccefs brings
Than to hide your neighbour's fore.
Or in wooing, or when married,
^ Bear this maxim ftill in mind :
0 Seldom Wedded Life mifcarried
> Where both fides were fomewhat blind.
Shew your brighter fide to all men.
And fiiew them that you fee theirs.
Friends more readily you'll find then
To advance your own affairs.
Who moft tafte and judgment ufes
To difplay his wares to view,
Befl the Buyers eye feduces.
And moft quickly fells them too.
T^ T quacunque potes dote placere, place. — Ovid.
OccuLE mendas,
Quaque potes, vitium corporis abde tui. — Ii/iw.
WEEL IS THAT WEEU DOES.
aOOD BEOINNINQ
MuLTA viros nescire decet. Pars maxima reriim
Offendit, si non interiora tegas.
Cui gravis oris odor, nunquam jejuna loquatur :
Et semper spacio distet ab ore viri.
Si niger, aut ingens, aut non sit inordine natus
Deus tibi, ridendo maxima damna feres. — Ovid.
Ante omnia tamen.
pRIMA sit in nobis morum tutela, puellse :
Ingenio facies conciliante placet.
Brengh alias by, o frissche Jeught,
Daer ghy uw lief, door maken meught.
Mettre en evidence et faire valoir les bonnes parties.
SciPio and other great men of antient and later times excelled in this useful an
one which Ovid especially recommends to the attention of young persons as
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bonnes parties et de dissimuler leurs imperfections ; imitant le bon Architecte, qui loge
^ ] (comme ils disent) ses plus beaux materiaux au frontispice de son bastiment.
^ j Jean Marnix aux Hers. Polit. Res. 5.
Aensien doet Vryen.
Het oogh is leydtsman van de min,
^ En vreught voor eerst de lusten in.
^ Wat het ooge niet en siet,
Dat begeert het herte niet.
Ex aspectu nascitur amor.
AsEYTA un cepo
Parecera mancebo.
.\ccousTRE un tronq, il semblera un jeune adolescent.
OcuLi sunt in amore duces. — Propert. 2. El. 12.
Ce qui plaist
Est h. demy faict.
Was das aug nicht siht,
Beschwehrt das hertz nit.
'Ek tov tlaopav yiip yercTat dvOpwwoi<i iiml.
Id est,
Ex intuendo nascitur hominihus amor.
Ut vidi, ut perii ! — V'irgii,.
MAK.es a aOOD ENDINa.
POLICY aOES BEYOND STRENGTH.
T lengthe my Store of Light hath reach'd its ende,
Nor have I wherewithal more light to lende ;
Greafe fpente, wick burned and fmoake all pafled away,
Of Light berefte, what bootes it here to stay ?
Yet while I am permitted to remaine,
It is to fhewe that I may ferve againe :
In patient Hope I therefore byde my time,
Until in me frefhe Light the Fates do trimme ;
And if the greafe and wick be eqiiale goode
To holde fuch Light I reft of wiilinge moode.
For while to ferve, the means to us is given ;
Who wiilinge ferve, fhall have their faults forgiven.
SMOOTH \A/ORDS MAKE SMOOTH \A/AYS.
PERSEVERANCE ACHIEVES SUCCESS.
Geen Booin en valt ten eersten
ONE STROKE FELLS NOT AN OAK.
H ! friendj why then fo fad, I pray ? —
Thy woeful mien and looks betray
Some deep diftress, fome poignant grief,
To which I fain would bring relief
Methinks fome crofs-grain'd, haughty maid
Hath thine affection ill repaid, —
FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY.
NINETEEN NAY-SAYS O' A MAIDEN
Treated thy fuit with cold difdain,
And bade thee from all hope refrain ? —
Yes, yes ! Young man, I fee — I know
'Tis that which thus dejects thee fo ;
But never be like this caft down !
Full many other men have known
A like repulfe, when firft they ftrove
To win a wav'ring woman's love.
Come, come ! aroufe thee from this mood ;
It ill befits thee thus to brood.
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Arm'd with an axe of trenchant fteel,
I faw yon fturdy Woodman deal.
In long repeat, ftroke after ftroke
Againft this maflive heart of oak ;
Till with the oft repeated blow
He brought the foreft monarch low.
Learn thou from this, young man, no Jefs,
How truthful from all time was held
The pithy Maxim for Succefs :
" At the firft ftroke no tree is fell'd."
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WHO WOULD REST, MUST WORK.
Would'ft thou, my friend, as Lover fo fucceed,
Do thou the like, nor one repulfe bemoan,
Succefs, of Perfeverance is the meed ;
" The conflant drop will wear the hardeft ftone."
NoN uno ictu dejicitur quercus.
Omnia conando docilis solertia vincit.
MiT viel Streichen wird der Stockfisch lind.
Veel slagen maken den Stock-vis murw.
THiv TTOvwv iniXovcn fjiMv iraVra raydO' ol O^oi. — EpiCT.
Dii su&s labore dotes esse veiiales volunt.
NuL bien sans peine.
Omnia diligentis subjiciuntur.
Diligence passe Science.
Par est fortuna labori.
The wise and active conquer difficulties
By daring to attempt them : sloth and folly
Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard,
And make th' impossibility they fear. — Rowe.
Perseverance achieves Success.
A/TANY are the sayings of the Wise,
In ancient and in modern books enroll'd,
Extolling Patience as the truest fortitude ;
And to the bearing well of all calamities,
All chances incident to Man's frail life,
Consolatories writ
With studied argument, and much persuasion fraught,
Lenient of grief and anxious thought ;
But with th' afflicted, in his pangs, their sound
Little prevails, or rather seems a tune
Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint ;
Unless he feel within
Some source of consolation from above,
Secret refreshings, that repair his strength.
And fainting spirits uphoild. — Milton.
FIRST OESERVE, AND THEN DESIRE.
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