If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.
If thy hope be any thing worth, it will purify thee from thy sins.
Thou shalt not horn in on thy husbands racket
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life.
So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth.
But thou, my son, study to make prevail One colour in thy life, the hue of truth.
So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death mature: This is old age; but then thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty, which will change To withered weak and grey.
O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Tell no man anything, for no man listens Yet hold thy lips ready to speak.
Bless thy simplicity, Tess
Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed.
Let thy virtue be too high for the familiarity of names, and if thou must speak of it, be not ashamed to stammer about it.
Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words
There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way.
Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.
Forgive my grief for one removed Thy creature whom I found so fair I trust he lives in Thee and there I find him worthier to be loved.
Thy breath is like the steame of apple-pyes.
Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely.
Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.