They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

Some evils are cured by contempt.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is read more

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is vanity.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust
another.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.