Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.

He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.

He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.

Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

Adversity deprives us of our judgment.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.