A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.

Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.

Hee that loves the tree, loves the branch.

Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.

Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.

States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.

States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.

Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.

Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.

Bring a lawsuit against a man who can pay; the poor man's acts
are not worth the expence.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.

'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.