Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.
The way to rise is to obey and please.
I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.
Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.
A good man should and must Sit rather down with loss than rise unjust.
The burnt child dreads the fire.