Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
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Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on.
We by to-morrow draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.

Castles are Forrests of stones.

Castles are Forrests of stones.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]

The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.

You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.