You cannot flea a stone.

You cannot flea a stone.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.

In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well
used. Exclaim no more against it.

The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.

The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.