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1036. HIS DESIRE.

Give me a man that is not dull
When all the world with rifts is full;
But unamaz'd dares clearly sing,
Whenas the roof's a-tottering:
And, though it falls, continues still
Tickling the cittern with his quill.

_Cittern_, a kind of lute; _quill_, the plectrum for striking it.


1037. CAUTION IN COUNSEL.

Know when to speak; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.


1038. MODERATION.

Let moderation on thy passions wait;
Who loves too much, too much the lov'd will hate.


1039. ADVICE THE BEST ACTOR.

_Still take advice; though counsels, when they fly
At random, sometimes hit most happily. _


1040. CONFORMITY IS COMELY.
_Conformity gives comeliness to things:
And equal shares exclude all murmurings. _


1041. LAWS.

Who violates the customs, hurts the health,
Not of one man, but all the commonwealth.


1042. THE MEAN.

'Tis much among the filthy to be clean;
_Our heat of youth can hardly keep the mean_.


1043. LIKE LOVES HIS LIKE.

Like will to like, each creature loves his kind;
Chaste words proceed still from a bashful mind.


1044. HIS HOPE OR SHEET ANCHOR.

Among these tempests great and manifold
My ship has here one only anchor-hold;
That is my hope, which if that slip, I'm one
Wildered in this vast wat'ry region.


1045. COMFORT IN CALAMITY.

'Tis no discomfort in the world to fall,
When the great crack not crushes one, but all.