Let the poor man mind his tongue.

Let the poor man mind his tongue.

Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.

Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Let him be kept from paper, pen, and ink;
So may he cease to write, and learn to think.

Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.

Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.

Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.

Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.