Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.

A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

A curst Cow hath short hornes.
[A curst cow has short horns.]

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

They have learnt life's lessons.

They have learnt life's lessons.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.

Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.