1530, SLEEP. § Sleep doth knit up the ravel'd sleeve of care; Is the' death of each day's life; sore labour's bath; Balm of hurt minds; great Nature's second Chief nourisher in Life's feast. [course; 1531. SLEEP and DEATH. The sleeping, and the dead Are but as pictures. 1532. FEAR. Fears and scruples alarm us. 1533. EMOTIONS great and sudden-their power. Who can be wise, amaz'd, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral in a moment?—No man. 1534. HYPOCRISY. To shew an unfelt sorrow is an office 1535. There are daggers in men's smiles., 1536. DISCONTENT-nothing good with it. Nought's had, all's spent, Where our desire is got without content*. 1537. MURTHER the ASSASSIN suffers more than the VICTIM. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. 1538. Better be with the Dead Whom we to gain our place have sent to peace, Than on the torture of the mind to lye In restless ecstacy. * Evertere domus totas optantibus ipsis DU faciles, JUY. 1539. FEAST - the true. * ¶ At that unblameable and chearful Feast 1540. CRIME multiplies itself. Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. 1541. RETRIBUTION. Blood will have Blood. 1542. FEAR-treacherous. When our Actions do not, Our Fears do make us Traitors. 1543. CALAMITY at it's height gives hope of a favorable change. Things at the worst will cease: or else climb up [ward 1544. VIRTUE and VICE-the Judgment of the World often confounds them. In this world to do harm is oft held laudable; 1546. VIRTUE not to be less respected for instances of failure. Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell. 1547. Though all things foul would wear the brows of Yet grace must still look so. Memor illius Esca Quæ simplex olim tibi sederit. + Omnium judicia dignus imperio nisi imperasset. [grace, TACITUS 1548. LUXURY. Boundless Intemperance In nature is a tyranny; it hath been The untimely emptying of the happy Throne, 1549. VIRTUES-Royal. The king-becoming Graces Are Justice, Verity, Temp'rance, Stableness; The Grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break, 1551. EMOTIONS-Conflict between opposite. Welcome and unwelcome things at once 'Tis hard to reconcile. 1552. GUILT extreme-it's natural consequence extreme ANGUISH, Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles. 1553. CONSCIENCE-a guilty, ill knows how to keep it's own secret. Infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. 1554. MIND-thoroughly diseased, ill admits REMEDY. 'Tis hard to minister to a Mind diseas'd; Pluck from the Memory a rooted sorrow; Rase out the written troubles of the brain; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stufft bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the Heart, 1555. PROCRASTINATION. Errors.] To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, COMEDY OF ERRORS. 1556. LIBERTY. A man is master of his liberty. 1557. PATIENCE easily preacht to others. A wretched Soul bruis'd with adversity We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain. 1558. JEALOUSY. How many fond fools serve mad Jealousy! 1559. The venom'd clamour of a jealous Woman Poisons more deadly than a mad dog's tooth. 1560. SLANDER. Slander lives upon succession; For ever hous'd where it once gets possession. 1561. CONTEMPT the worst Aggravation of INJURY. Aggravate not wrong by contempt. 1562. TIME. Time is a very bankrupt: and owes more than he's worth to season*. 1563. DIGESTION--Ease of Mind necessary to Unquiet meals make ill digestions. [it. * A most deeply philosophical reproof on Mankind for their tardy progress in knowledge and improvement, speculative and moral. Nothing.] 1564. CARE changes the COUNTENANCE. Careful hours*, with Time's deforming hand, have written strange defeatures in the face. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. 1565. SYMPATHY, affectionate, contrasted with How much better it is to weep at joy Than to joy at weeping. 1566. MEASURE in every Thing. There is measure in every thing. - [ENVY. 1567. FRIENDSHIP and LOVE the latter undermines the former. Friendship is constant in all other things, Save in the office and affairs of Love, 1568. LOVE should not chuse by another. Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent. 1569. SILENCE most expressive of perfect HAPPINESS. Silence is the most perfect herald of joy. 1570. necessary to the true enjoyment of Stillness graces Harmony: [MUSIC. 1571. DETRACTION-how we may improve by it. Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending †. 1572. FAVORITISM nurses INGRATITUDE. Favorites Made proud by Princes, oft advance their pride Against that Power that bred it. These lines, memorable in themselves, have been rendered more so by being chosen as a Motto to the Portrait of a LADY whose SONNETS will ever do honor to English POETRY, of which they constitute some of the most delicate and refined Beauties. †This is considered in one of the Moral Essays of PLUTARCH. |