Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.

Men's language is as their lives.

Men's language is as their lives.

Rivers neede a spring.

Rivers neede a spring.

He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.

He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.

Don't promise twice what you can do at once.