The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

The best manners are stained by haughtiness.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Wine that cost nothing is digested before it be drunke.

Too much taking heede is losse.

Too much taking heede is losse.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more

The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.